χήν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χᾱ́ν (khā́n) – Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), Latin ānser, Russian гусь (gusʹ), and Old English gōs (English goose).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çin/
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ χήν ho, hē khḗn |
τὼ χῆνε tṑ khêne |
οἱ, αἱ χῆνες hoi, hai khênes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς χηνός toû, tês khēnós |
τοῖν χηνοῖν toîn khēnoîn |
τῶν χηνῶν tôn khēnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ χηνῐ́ tôi, têi khēní |
τοῖν χηνοῖν toîn khēnoîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς χησῐ́ / χησῐ́ν toîs, taîs khēsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν χῆνᾰ tòn, tḕn khêna |
τὼ χῆνε tṑ khêne |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς χῆνᾰς toùs, tā̀s khênas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χήν khḗn |
χῆνε khêne |
χῆνες khênes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: χήνα (chína)
References
- χήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χήν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χήν in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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