νῦ
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Ancient Greek
[edit] previous letter μῦ |
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following letter ξεῖ |
Ν ν – English: nu |
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤍 (n /nūn/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nŷː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ny/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ny/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ny/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ni/
Noun
[edit]νῦ • (nû) n (indeclinable)
- nu, the name for the thirteenth letter Ν, ν of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: νι (ni)
References
[edit]- “νῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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