ῥαφίς
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- needle
- garfish, sea needle (Belone belone)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ῥάπτω (sew, stitch, sew together).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ῥάπτω
Gloss
sew, stitch, sew together
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
縫
Emoji
🧵 🪡
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phyll English
- phyllon English
- theophylline English
- filix Latin
- petalo Italian
- καρυόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- κισσόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- μαχαιρόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- μελισσόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- μυριόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- πεντάφυλλον Ancient Greek
- συκόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- συρράπτω Ancient Greek
- φυλλῖτις Ancient Greek
- φύλλινος Ancient Greek
- φύλλον Ancient Greek
- χαιρέφυλλον Ancient Greek
- ἀγριόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- ἄφυλλος Ancient Greek
- ἐλαιόφυλλον Ancient Greek
- ῥάμμα Ancient Greek
- ῥάπτω Ancient Greek
- ῥάψις Ancient Greek
- ῥαφή Ancient Greek
- ῥαψῳδός Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- ράπτω Greek (modern)
- φύλλο Greek (modern)