сфинкс

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic سفينكس
Cyrillic сфинкс
Latin sfinks

Etymology

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

сфинкс • (sfinks)

  1. sphinx

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sfʲinks]

Noun

сфинкс • (sfinks) m anim (genitive сфи́нкса, nominative plural сфи́нксы, genitive plural сфи́нксов)

  1. sphinx
  2. Sphynx cat

Declension

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