ὄμβρος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- storm of rain, thunderstorm, sent by Zeus
- (in general) water, as an element
- inundation, flood, deluge
- (figuratively) storm, shower
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (rain, cloud, rain-cloud).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*n̥bʰrós
Gloss
rain, cloud, rain-cloud
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雨
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ombro- English
- imber Latin
- imbridus Latin
- imbrifer Latin
- φέρομβρον Ancient Greek
- φέρω Ancient Greek
- ἀφρός Ancient Greek
- *m̥bʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥bʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- अभ्र Sanskrit
- अभ्रक Hindi
- ամպ Armenian
- ابر Persian
- ամպ Old Armenian
- ամպեղէն Old Armenian
- abbha Pali
- *abʰrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *emβris Proto-Italic
- *abʰrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀪 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀪 Maharastri Prakrit
- iprer Tocharian B
- आभौ Rajasthani
- اوٚبُر Kashmiri