δελφίς
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- dolphin
- (constellation) Delphinus, a constellation
- mass of lead shaped like a dolphin, hung at the yardarm and suddenly let down on the decks of the enemy's ships
- weight used to steady a ship under sail
- (in the plural) stops in a machine
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (womb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷelbʰ-
Gloss
womb
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- delphinus Latin
- delphīnus Latin
- Delphin German
- delfino Italian
- дельфи́н Russian
- Delfín Spanish, Castilian
- Δελφοί Ancient Greek
- δελφίν Ancient Greek
- δελφύς Ancient Greek
- *gʷelbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷólbʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- delfin Norwegian Bokmål
- arrdelfin Norwegian Nynorsk
- delfin Norwegian Nynorsk
- gulflankedelfin Norwegian Nynorsk
- stripedelfin Norwegian Nynorsk
- गर्भवती Sanskrit
- delfin Danish
- *dьlpinъ Proto-Slavic
- دلفين Arabic
- dalphin Old French
- daulphin Old French
- dofí Catalan, Valencian
- դելֆին Armenian
- δελφίνι Greek (modern)
- delfijn Middle Dutch
- delfīns Latvian
- дельфин Kazakh
- golfinno Old Portuguese
- დელფინი Georgian
- dalfin Occitan
- denfil Maltese
- delfin Romansh
- llofín Asturian
- delfìn Ligurian
- drafìn Ligurian
- ܕܠܦܝܢܐ Classical Syriac
- dulfeîn Istriot
- адельфин Abkhazian