Senses
1. wolf — A wolf, the predatory canine animal, used both literally (of wild animals threatening sheep) and metaphorically (of false prophets or dangerous persons among the faithful). All three clusters are purely inflectional variants: singular, nominative/accusative plural, and genitive plural. Multilingual evidence confirms unity: eng 'wolf/wolves/of-wolves,' spa 'lobo/lobos/de-lobos,' hin bhediyaa/bhediye/bhediyon (भेड़िया/भेड़िये/भेड़ियों), arb dhi'b/dhi'aab (ذِئب/ذِئاب), kor iri/irideul (이리/이리들), swa 'mbwa-mwitu' throughout. 6×
AR["ذِئابٌ","ذِئابٍ","ذِئب","ذِئَابٌ"]·ben["নেকড়","নেকড়কে","নেকড়দের","নেকড়ে","নেকড়েদের"]·DE["Wolf","λύκοι","λύκων"]·EN["of-wolves","wolf","wolves"]·FR["loup"]·heb["זְאֵב","זְאֵבִים"]·HI["भेड़िए","भेड़िया","भेड़िये","भेड़ियों-के"]·ID["serigala"]·IT["lupo"]·jav["ajag:","asu-ajag","serigala"]·KO["늑대들","이리-가운데로","이리가","이리들","이리들이","이리를"]·PT["de-lobos","lobo","lobos"]·RU["волк","волка","волки","волков"]·ES["de-lobos","lobo","lobos"]·SW["mbwa-mwitu","mbwa-mwitu;","mbwamwitu"]·TR["kurdu","kurt","kurtlar","kurtlardır","kurtların"]·urd["بھیڑیا","بھیڑیوں","بھیڑیوں-کے","بھیڑیے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
λύκος [ῠ], ὁ, wolf, Refs 8th c.BC+; πολιός grisly,Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀρέστεροιRefs 8th c.BC+; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by Refs 5th c.BC+ were perhaps jackals: various kinds distinguished by Refs 3rd c.AD+ to see a wolf, i. e. to be struck dumb, as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look Refs 5th c.BC+; λύκου πτερά, of things that are not, 'pigeon's milk', Refs;…