Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. The etymology determination is complicated by the fact that the word is both in sense and form similar with Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō), thus indicating possible (bi-directional) analogical influence.

Although the word often compared with semantically close Proto-Balto-Slavic *kráuˀtei (e. g. Russian крыть (krytʹ), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti), Lithuanian krovinys), de Vaan notes that Balto-Slavic evidence demands a laryngeal while Greek excludes it.

Beekes suggested possible Pre-Greek origin due to lack of Indo-European etymology, but acknowledged that the variation in labial (which he usually considered to be an argument for substrate origin) may be due to aforementioned analogy.

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

κρύπτω (krúptō)

  1. to hide, cover
  2. to conceal, obscure

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Greek: κρύβω (krývo, to conceal, to hide)

References edit

Greek edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.pto/
  • Hyphenation: κρύ‧πτω

Verb edit

κρύπτω (krýpto) (past έκρυψα) passive -κρύπτομαι (found in compounds)

  1. (dated) Alternative form of κρύβω (krývo)

Usage notes edit

  • Found only in compounds.

Conjugation edit

  • See compounds

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Compounds:

Other κρυπτ- words

And see κρύβω (krývo) for stems κρυφ-, κρυψ-