From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”) and identical with Latin ēr (“hedgehog”).
χήρ • (khḗr) m (genitive χηρός); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ χήρ ho khḗr |
τὼ χῆρε tṑ khêre |
οἱ χῆρες hoi khêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χηρός toû khērós |
τοῖν χηροῖν toîn khēroîn |
τῶν χηρῶν tôn khērôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χηρῐ́ tôi khērí |
τοῖν χηροῖν toîn khēroîn |
τοῖς χηρσῐ́ / χηρσῐ́ν toîs khērsí(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χῆρᾰ tòn khêra |
τὼ χῆρε tṑ khêre |
τοὺς χῆρᾰς toùs khêras | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χήρ khḗr |
χῆρε khêre |
χῆρες khêres | ||||||||||
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