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Greek
Noun
χειλών • (cheilón)
- monotonic spelling of the contracted ancient genitive plural neuter noun χειλῶν
Usage notes
- Of the two ancient plural genitives of χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) (uncontracted: τῶν χειλέων (tôn kheiléōn); contracted: τῶν χειλῶν (tôn kheilôn)), only the uncontracted is used in Standard Modern Greek: των χειλέων (ton cheiléon) as the plural genitive of χείλος (cheílos).
- The other alternative for the genitive plural is the modern των χειλιών (ton cheilión) of the singular noun το χείλι (to cheíli).
Further reading
- χείλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- χείλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- χειλών - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.