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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mor.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /morˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /morˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /morˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /morˈfi/
Noun
μορφή • (morphḗ) f (genitive μορφῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μορφή hē morphḗ |
τὼ μορφᾱ́ tṑ morphā́ |
αἱ μορφαί hai morphaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μορφῆς tês morphês |
τοῖν μορφαῖν toîn morphaîn |
τῶν μορφῶν tôn morphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μορφῇ têi morphêi |
τοῖν μορφαῖν toîn morphaîn |
ταῖς μορφαῖς taîs morphaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μορφήν tḕn morphḗn |
τὼ μορφᾱ́ tṑ morphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μορφᾱ́ς tā̀s morphā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μορφή morphḗ |
μορφᾱ́ morphā́ |
μορφαί morphaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μορφεύς (Morpheús)
- μορφόω (morphóō)
- πεντᾰ́μορφος (pentámorphos)
- τετρᾰ́μορφος (tetrámorphos)
Descendants
- Greek: μορφή f (morfí)
References
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2021) “mergà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego
Further reading
- “μορφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μορφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μορφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μορφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- μορφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3444 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- appearance idem, page 35.
- fashion idem, page 308.
- figure idem, page 319.
- form idem, page 338.
- shape idem, page 762.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).
Declension
Related terms
- αγγελόμορφος (angelómorfos, “angelic”)
- αμεταμόρφωτος (ametamórfotos, “untransformed”)
- αμορφία f (amorfía, “shapelessness”)
- αμορφοποίητος (amorfopoíitos, “unshaped”)
- άμορφος (ámorfos, “amorphous, shapeless”)
- μεταμορφώνω (metamorfóno, “to transform”)
- όμορφος (ómorfos, “beautiful”)
- and compare with: μόρφωση f (mórfosi, “education”)
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