φαλός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *pʰalós, traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, with cognates including Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, splendour), Old Armenian բալ (bal, fog) and Old English bǣl (English bale).

It was further supposed that βαλιός (baliós, spotted, dappled) was related as a word from the Balkans. However, according to Beekes, the word is of Pre-Greek origin, in view of all the variations seen in the derived terms.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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φᾰλός (phalósm (feminine φᾰλή, neuter φᾰλόν); first/second declension

  1. (hapax) white

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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