λεύκη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- white poplar (Populus alba)
- (pathology) leprosy or elephantiasis
- (in the plural) white spots on the nails
- white clay or chalk
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek λευκός (white, bright, light, clear, blank, goat, gleaming).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λευκός
Gloss
white, bright, light, clear, blank, goat, gleaming
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- leucine English
- leucophanite English
- leuko- English
- Leukante Latin
- Lucentum Latin
- leucocyta Latin
- leucogaster Latin
- leucomelas Latin
- leucops Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- leucopus Latin
- vīrus Latin
- Leukämie German
- leuco- Italian
- leucémie French
- белокровие Russian
- Λευκάς Ancient Greek
- Λευκοθέα Ancient Greek
- Λεύκιππος Ancient Greek
- λευκάκανθα Ancient Greek
- λευκάνθεμον Ancient Greek
- λευκίσκος Ancient Greek
- λευκομέλας Ancient Greek
- λευκός Ancient Greek
- λευκότερος Ancient Greek
- λευκόφθαλμος Ancient Greek
- λευκόχρυσος Ancient Greek
- λεύκινος Ancient Greek
- πούς Ancient Greek
- χαμαί Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλεύκη Ancient Greek
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- leoca- Irish
- տնջրի Armenian
- λευκο- Greek (modern)
- λευκός Greek (modern)
- λεύκουρος Greek (modern)
- ճանդարի Middle Armenian