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κίρα

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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22
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Full diacritics: κίρα Medium diacritics: κίρα Low diacritics: κίρα Capitals: ΚΙΡΑ
Transliteration A: kíra Transliteration B: kira Transliteration C: kira Beta Code: ki/ra

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Laconian, fox, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1441] u. κίραφος, nach Hesych. bei den Lakoniern der Fuchs, κίδαφος?

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
lac. c. κίραφος.
Étymologie: DELG cf. κίδαφος.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: ἀλώπηξ. Λάκωνες; κίραφος ἀλώπηξ H.
Other forms: κίραφος ἀλώπηξ H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: As "the red" to κιρρός πυρρός, ἐρυθρός, ξανθός (s. v.), poss. from κίδαφος adapted. Frisk IF 49, 98f. (also on the formation); older ideas ibd. and in Bq. κιρα extended by animal-suffix -φος.

Frisk Etymology German

κίρα: {kíra}
Meaning: ἀλώπηξ. Λάκωνες, κίραφος· ἀλώπηξ H.
Etymology: Als "der Rote" zu κιρρός πυρρός, ἐρυθρός, ξανθός (s. d.), evtl. aus κίδαφος daran angeglichen. Frisk IF 49, 98f. (auch über die Bildung); ältere Versuche ebd. und bei Bq.
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Translations

fox

Abaza: бага; Abenaki: ôkwses, wôkwses; Adyghe: баджэ; Afrikaans: vos, jakkals; Ainu: チロヌッㇷ゚, シュマリ, キモッペ; Alabama: chola; Albanian: dhelpën dhelpër, dhelpra; Algonquin: wonkis; Alutor: татул; Amharic: ቀበሮ; Andi: сори; Arabic: ثَعْلَب‎; Egyptian Arabic: تعلب‎; Hijazi Arabic: ثعلب‎; Sudanese Arabic: بعشوم‎; Iraqi Arabic: حسيني‎; San'ani Arabic: ثعل‎; Aramaic Hebrew: תעלא‎; Arapaho: nouː, beːχou; Archi: ссол; Armenian: աղվես; Old Armenian: աղուէս; Aromanian: vulpi; Assamese: শিয়াল; Asturian: raposu, vulpeya; Avar: цер; Azerbaijani: tülkü; Baluchi: روباہ‎; Bashkir: төлкө; Basque: azeri; Bats: ცოკალ; Belarusian: ліса́, ліс; Bengali: শিয়াল; Bhojpuri: 𑂪𑂷𑂧𑂩; Breton: louarn; Budukh: сокул; Bulgarian: лиси́ца; Burmese: မြေခွေး; Carrier: naŋʌz; Catalan: guineu, guilla, rabosa; Chamicuro: tus̈huli; Chechen: цхьогал; Cherokee: ᏧᎳ; Cheyenne: vóhkéso; Chickasaw: chula; Chinese Cantonese: 狐狸; Dungan: хўзы, ехўзы; Hakka: 狐狸; Mandarin: 狐狸; Min Dong: 狐狸; Min Nan: 狐狸; Wu: 狐狸; Choctaw: chula; Chukchi: ятъёԓ, чеԓгырэӄокаԓгын; Chuvash: тилӗ; Cimbrian: buks, vuks; Cornish: lowarn; Cree: ᒪᕁᐁᓰᐢ; Creek: culv; Crimean Tatar: tilki; Czech: liška; Dalmatian: bualp; Danish: ræv; Dargwa: гурда; Daur: xunugw; Dongxiang: funiegve; Dutch: vos; Erzya: ривезь; Esperanto: vulpo; Estonian: rebane; Even: хули; Evenki: сулаки; Ewe: abei; Faroese: revur; Finnish: kettu; Fox: wâkoshêha; Franco-Provençal: renârd; French: renard, goupil, renard roux, renard commun; Middle French: renard; Old French: gupil, goupil; Friulian: bolp, volp; Gagauz: tilki; Galician: raposo, golpe, renarte; Georgian: მელა, მელია; German: Fuchs, Fuchsrüde, Füchsin, Fähe, Fuchsmännchen, Fuchsweibchen; Alemannic German: Fuchs; Middle High German: vuhs; Gondi: కోయ్‌లల్; Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉; Greek: αλεπού; Ancient Greek: ἀλώπα, ἀλώπηξ, ἀλωπός, ἀντικύων, βασάρα, βασσάρα, βασσαρίς, βάσσαρος, βασσάτη, κερδώ, κίδαφος, κίναδος, κίρα, κίραφος, σκίνδαφος; Greenlandic: terianniaq; Guaraní: aguara; Hawaiian: ʻalopeka, ʻalopeke; Hebrew: שׁוּעָל‎; Hiligaynon: sora; Hindi: लोमड़ी; Hopi: leetayo; Hungarian: róka; Icelandic: refur, tófa; Ido: foxo; Indonesian: rubah; Ingrian: repoi; Ingush: цхьогал; Inuktitut: ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ; Irish: sionnach, madra rua; Old Irish: sinnach; Istriot: bulpo; Italian: volpe; Japanese: 狐, キツネ, フォックス; Jarai: mơja; Kabardian: бажэ; Kalmyk: арат, үнгн; Karachay-Balkar: тюлкю; Karelian: rebo, repo; Kashmiri: لوو‎; Kashubian: lës; Kazakh: түлкі; Khakas: тӱлгӱ; Khmer: កញ្ជ្រោង; Khotanese Klamath-Modoc: w̓an; Koasati: cola; Komi-Permyak: руч; Korean: 여우; Kumyk: тюлкю; Kurdish Central Kurdish: رێوی‎; Northern Kurdish: rovî; Kyrgyz: түлкү; Ladin: volp; Ladino: renar; Lakota: tokalu, šungila; Lao: ຈິກຈອກ; Latgalian: lopsa; Latin: vulpes; Latvian: lapsa; Lezgi: сикӏ; Lithuanian: lapė, lapinas; Livonian: re'bbi; Low German: Foß, Voß, Voss; Middle Low German: vos; Luxembourgish: Fochs, Fuuss; Lü: ᦋᦲᧉᦈᦸᧅᧈ; Macedonian: лисица; Mahican: waugoosus; Maithili: खिखिर; Malagasy: amboahaolo; Malay Jawi: روبه‎, موسڠ‎; Rumi: rubah, musang; Malayalam: കുറുക്കൻ; Malecite-Passamaquoddy: qaqsoss; Maltese: volpi; Manchu: ᡩᠣᠪᡳ; Manx: shynnagh; Maori: pōkiha; Marathi: कोल्हा; Massachusett: wonksis, wonkqŭssis, wonksis, wonkqŭssis; Menominee: wa·koh; Mi'kmaq: wokwis; Middle Dutch: vos; Middle English: foxe; Mingo: unõˀkwatkwá; Mohawk: tsitsho; Mohegan-Pequot: wôks; Moksha: келазь; Mongghul: funige; Mongolian: үнэг; Montagnais: matsheshu; Montana Salish: χʷaχʷáʕ; Mru: 𖩔𖩑𖩘; Mòcheno: vucks; Nanticoke: waaks; Navajo: mąʼii łitsooí; Nivkh: кʼеӄ; Nogai: туьлки; Norman: r'nard; North Frisian: Fos; Northern Paiute: waŋ̇i’i; Norwegian: rev; O'odham: gaso; Occitan: mandra, rainal, guèine; Ojibwe: ᐙᑯᔥ; Okinawan: 狐; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: лисъ, лисица; Old East Slavic: лисъ, лисица; Old English: fox; Old High German: fuhs, foha; Old Norse: fóa; Old Prussian: lape; Old Turkic: tilkü‎; Ossetian Digor: робас; Iron: рувас; Pashto: ترودۍ‎, تروری‎, تروړۍ‎; Pawnee: kiwʌ́ku; Penobscot: kwɑ'ŋk'ʷsəs; Persian: روباه‎; Plautdietsch: Foss; Polabian: laiskă; Polish: lis, lisica, liszka; Portuguese: raposa, raposa-vermelha; Potawatomi: wekshi; Punjabi: ਲੂੰਬੜੀ; Purepecha: kúmi-wátsï; Quechua: atuq; Romagnol: vùlpa; Romani: hilpa; Romanian: vulpe; Romansch: vulp; Russian: лиса́, лиси́ца, лис; Sami Northern Sami: rieban; Inari Sami: riemnjis; Skolt Sami: riʹmjj; Sanskrit: लोपाश; Sardinian: mrexani, fraitzu, liori, grupi; Saterland Frisian: Foaks; Scots: tod; Scottish Gaelic: sionnach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: лѝсица, ли́сац; Roman: lìsica, lísac; Seri: χæːs; Tashelhit: abaɣuɣ; Shor: тӱлгӱ; Sicilian: vurpi; Sinhalese: හිවලා, නරියා; Slovak: líška, lišiak; Slovene: lisica, lisjak; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: liška; Upper Sorbian: liška; Southern Altai: тӱлкӱ; Spanish: zorro, zorra, raposo, raposa, vulpeja, raboso, rabosa; Sumerian: 𒈜; Svan: მა̄ლ; Swahili: mbweha mwekundu, thalabu; Swedish: räv; Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠀꠟ; Tabasaran: сул; Tachawit: abaraɣ; Tagalog: soro; Tajik: рӯбоҳ; Tamil: நரி; Taos: tùxwána; Tatar: төлке; Telugu: నక్క; Thai: จิ้งจอก; Tibetan: ཝ་མོ; Tigrinya: ወኻርያ; Tlingit: nɑġʌs’é; Torwali: pūš‎; Translingual: 🦊; Turkish: tilki; Turkmen: tilki; Tuvan: дилги; Udi: шул; Udmurt: ӟичы; Ukrainian: лис, лиси́ця; Unami: òkwës; Urdu: لومڑی‎; Uyghur: تۈلكە‎; Uzbek: tulki; Venetian: volp, bolpe, bolp; Veps: reboi; Vietnamese: cáo; Vilamovian: füks; Volapük: renar; Voro: repän', rebo; Votic: repo; Welsh: cadno, llwynog; West Frisian: foks; Wutunhua: gha; Xhosa: impungutye; Yagnobi: руба; Yakut: саһыл; Yiddish: פֿוקס‎; Yucatec Maya: ohč; Yurok: wergers, wɹgɹs; Yámana: ĉilóea; Zazaki: lû