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πλύνω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *pluňňō, from a nasal-present formation of Proto-Indo-European *plew- (to wash), the same root of Latin pluit (it rains) and Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam, to wash).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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πλῡ́νω (plū́nō)

  1. (especially of clothes) to wash, clean

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: πλένω (pléno)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλύνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1212

Further reading

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Greek

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Verb

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πλύνω (plýno)

  1. first-person singular dependent of πλένω (pléno)