μορφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

  • Many attempts have been made to connect it with Latin fōrma (see there for theory of its origin), but the proposed relationship is problematic.
  • An alternative relationship has been proposed with Baltic terms like Latgalian mārga (daughter, lass) and Lithuanian merga (girl), with a semantic shift "shape" > "lovely shape" > "girl".[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μορφή • (morphḗ) f (genitive μορφῆς); first declension

  1. shape, form
  2. appearance
  3. outline
  4. kind, type

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: μορφή f (morfí)

References

  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2021) “mergà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).

Noun

μορφή • (morfí) f (plural μορφές)

  1. form, shape

Declension

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