Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic سفينكس
Cyrillic сфинкс
Latin sfinks

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian сфи́нкс (sfínks), from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, to squeeze, to strangle) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian

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(šzp-ꜥnḫ, divine image), literally "living image".

Noun

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сфинкс (sfinks)

  1. sphinx

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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сфинкс (sfinksm anim (genitive сфи́нкса, nominative plural сфи́нксы, genitive plural сфи́нксов)

  1. sphinx
  2. Sphynx cat

Declension

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