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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥῖψις (rhîpsis), with -ψη (-psi) ending.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɾi.psi/
  • Hyphenation: ρί‧ψη

Noun

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ρίψη (rípsif (plural ρίψεις)

  1. drop (an act or instance of dropping)
  2. throw (the act of throwing something)
  3. throw (the flight of a thrown object)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ρίψη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language