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Etymology
From with deaspiration of the  to  by  everywhere except in forms where the  has been deaspirated to  by a following consonant (future, first aorist, perfect middle). According to Beekes, substratum word. Within Indo-European it is usually compared to 🇨🇬 and but with unclear semantic connection, as well as expressions for "dregs" in Celtic, Germanic and Slavic, linking it to. Possibly related to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to make to grow, to increase, bring up, breed, rear (especially of children)
 * 2)  to rear and keep, raise
 * 3) to tend, cherish
 * 4)  to let grown, cherish, foster
 * 5)  to breed, produce, teem with
 * 6)  to have within oneself, to contain, keep, have
 * 7) to maintain, support
 * 8)  to maintain an army
 * 9)  to feed, maintain one
 * 10) to bring up, rear, educate
 * 11) to thicken, congeal, curdle

Etymology
Inherited from, probably from.

Verb

 * 1)  to feed, nourish, maintain
 * 2)  to heal, be raised