μορφή
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Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOf unclear origin:[1]
- Many attempts have been made to connect it with Latin fōrma (“form”) (see there for theory of its origin), but the proposed relationship is problematic. Beekes suggests that the Latin was either loaned from Greek via an intermediary like Etruscan, or that the Latin and Greek were both inherited from a Proto-Indo-European *mergʷʰ-, with the Latin undergoing metathesis > *gʷʰerm- > *gʷʰorm- > *form-.
- An alternative relationship has been proposed with Baltic terms like Latgalian mārga (“daughter, lass”) and Lithuanian mergà (“girl”), with a semantic shift "shape" > "lovely shape" > "girl".[2] If so, then the Greek and Baltic terms are from, per Beekes, a Proto-Indo-European *mergʷʰ-h₂-, with the Greek deriving from an o-grade. However, the Baltic terms are more commonly derived from a root *mer- (“young boy, girl”) (whence Latin marītus (“husband”)), making this theory doubtful.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mor.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /morˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /morˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /morˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /morˈfi/
Noun
editμορφή • (morphḗ) f (genitive μορφῆς); first declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μορφή hē morphḗ |
τὼ μορφᾱ́ tṑ morphā́ |
αἱ μορφαί hai morphaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μορφῆς tês morphês |
τοῖν μορφαῖν toîn morphaîn |
τῶν μορφῶν tôn morphôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μορφῇ têi morphêi |
τοῖν μορφαῖν toîn morphaîn |
ταῖς μορφαῖς taîs morphaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μορφήν tḕn morphḗn |
τὼ μορφᾱ́ tṑ morphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μορφᾱ́ς tā̀s morphā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | μορφή morphḗ |
μορφᾱ́ morphā́ |
μορφαί morphaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Μορφεύς (Morpheús)
- μορφόω (morphóō)
- πεντᾰ́μορφος (pentámorphos)
- τετρᾰ́μορφος (tetrámorphos)
Descendants
edit- Greek: μορφή f (morfí)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μορφή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 969-70
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2021) “mergà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego
Further reading
edit- “μορφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μορφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μορφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μορφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- μορφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3444 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- appearance idem, page 35.
- fashion idem, page 308.
- figure idem, page 319.
- form idem, page 338.
- shape idem, page 762.
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).
Noun
editμορφή • (morfí) f (plural μορφές)
Declension
editDeclension of μορφή
Related terms
edit- αγγελόμορφος (angelómorfos, “angelic”)
- αμεταμόρφωτος (ametamórfotos, “untransformed”)
- αμορφία f (amorfía, “shapelessness”)
- αμορφοποίητος (amorfopoíitos, “unshaped”)
- άμορφος (ámorfos, “amorphous, shapeless”)
- μεταμορφώνω (metamorfóno, “to transform”)
- όμορφος (ómorfos, “beautiful”)
- and compare with: μόρφωση f (mórfosi, “education”)
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
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- Greek nouns declining like 'γραμμή'