βροχή
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From βρέχω (brékhō, “to rain”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /broˈkʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βroˈçi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vroˈçi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vroˈçi/
Noun
[edit]βροχή • (brokhḗ) f (genitive βροχῆς); first declension (Koine)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βροχή hē brokhḗ |
τὼ βροχᾱ́ tṑ brokhā́ |
αἱ βροχαί hai brokhaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βροχῆς tês brokhês |
τοῖν βροχαῖν toîn brokhaîn |
τῶν βροχῶν tôn brokhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βροχῇ têi brokhêi |
τοῖν βροχαῖν toîn brokhaîn |
ταῖς βροχαῖς taîs brokhaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βροχήν tḕn brokhḗn |
τὼ βροχᾱ́ tṑ brokhā́ |
τᾱ̀ς βροχᾱ́ς tā̀s brokhā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | βροχή brokhḗ |
βροχᾱ́ brokhā́ |
βροχαί brokhaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “βροχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βροχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βροχή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βροχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “βροχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Koine Greek βροχή (brokhḗ, “rain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]βροχή • (vrochí) f (plural βροχές)
- rain, shower
- Το χώμα ρουφούσε διψασμένο τις πρώτες σταγόνες της φθινοπωρινής βροχής.
- To chóma roufoúse dipsasméno tis prótes stagónes tis fthinoporinís vrochís.
- The thirsty earth drank in the first drops of the autumn rain.
- η περίοδος των βροχών ― i períodos ton vrochón ― the period of the rains (the rainy season)
- βροχή από πέτρες ― vrochí apó pétres ― a rain of stones
- βροχή μετεωριτών ― vrochí meteoritón ― meteor shower
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | βροχή (vrochí) | βροχές (vrochés) |
genitive | βροχής (vrochís) | βροχών (vrochón) |
accusative | βροχή (vrochí) | βροχές (vrochés) |
vocative | βροχή (vrochí) | βροχές (vrochés) |
Related terms
[edit]- αλεξιβρόχιο n (alexivróchio, “umbrella”)
- βρεγμένος (vregménos, “wet”)
- βρέχω (vrécho, “to wet”)
- βρέχει ο ουρανός (vréchei o ouranós, “it's raining”)
- βροχερός (vrocherós, “rainy”)
- βροχηδόν (vrochidón, “like rain”)
- βρόχινος (vróchinos, “pluvious”)
- βροχο- (vrocho-, “pertaining to rain or rainfall”)
- βροχόμετρο n (vrochómetro, “rain gauge”)
- βροχόνερο n (vrochónero, “rainwater”)
- βροχοποιός m (vrochopoiós, “rainmaker”)
- βροχόπτωση f (vrochóptosi, “rainfall”)
- όξινος βροχή (óxinos vrochí, “acid rain”)
Further reading
[edit]- βροχή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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