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Etymology

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Byzantine Greek ἀψιθία (apsithía) with synizesis of /ia/ to avoid hiatus, from Koine Greek ἀψινθία f (apsinthía) with similation of [nθ] > [θθ] and simplification {{nobr|[[θθ] > [θ]}}.[1][2] Also see ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.psiˈθça/
  • Hyphenation: α‧ψι‧θιά

Noun

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αψιθιά (apsithiáf (plural αψιθιές)

  1. wormwood

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ αψιθιά”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ s.v. άψινθος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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