Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek τύψις (túpsis, blow), as in a "blow to the conscience".[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈti.psi/
  • Hyphenation: τύ‧ψη

Noun

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τύψη (týpsif (plural τύψεις)

  1. pang of remorse
  2. (in the plural) remorse

Declension

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References

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