φῦσα

See also: φύσα

Ancient Greek

The exact root cannot be determined. As a pre-form, one might assume φυ-, φυσ-, φυτ- or φυκ-, but none of these can be shown to have existed in Greek. Comparisons are made with Old Armenian փուք (pʻukʻ, “breath, wind, fart”), Sanskrit फूत्करोति (phūtkaroti, “to puff, blow”) and फुफुस (phuphusa, “lungs”). One may connect Latin pustula (“bladder”), Old Church Slavonic пухати (puxati, “to blow”), Sanskrit पुष्यति (puṣyati, “to thrive, prosper”). Despite the existence of all this Indo-European material, the word may well have a Pre-Greek origin; note for examples the suffix of φῦσιγξ (phûsinx). There is hardly any evidence for Proto-Indo-European *bʰus-.

φῦσᾰ • (phûsa) f (genitive φῡ́σης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῦσᾰ hē phûsa	τὼ φῡ́σᾱ tṑ phū́sā	αἱ φῦσαι hai phûsai
Genitive	τῆς φῡ́σης tês phū́sēs	τοῖν φῡ́σαιν toîn phū́sain	τῶν φῡσῶν tôn phūsôn
Dative	τῇ φῡ́σῃ têi phū́sēi	τοῖν φῡ́σαιν toîn phū́sain	ταῖς φῡ́σαις taîs phū́sais
Accusative	τὴν φῦσᾰν tḕn phûsan	τὼ φῡ́σᾱ tṑ phū́sā	τᾱ̀ς φῡ́σᾱς tā̀s phū́sās
Vocative	φῦσᾰ phûsa	φῡ́σᾱ phū́sā	φῦσαι phûsai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

φῦσᾰ • (phûsa)