χηλή
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Traditionally connected with χηρᾰμός (khēramós, “hole, hollow”), χήμη (khḗmē, “yawning, gaping”), and χάσκω (kháskō, “I yawn, gape”), but the supposed unifying connections are obscure.[1] Compare also χελώνη (khelṓnē, “turtle”), also of unclear origin, which could be related through Pre-Greek if it originally referred to the hard shell.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɛː.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰe̝ˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çiˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çiˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çiˈli/
Noun
χηλή • (khēlḗ) f (genitive χηλῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χηλή hē khēlḗ |
τὼ χηλᾱ́ tṑ khēlā́ |
αἱ χηλαί hai khēlaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χηλῆς tês khēlês |
τοῖν χηλαῖν toîn khēlaîn |
τῶν χηλῶν tôn khēlôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χηλῇ têi khēlêi |
τοῖν χηλαῖν toîn khēlaîn |
ταῖς χηλαῖς taîs khēlaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χηλήν tḕn khēlḗn |
τὼ χηλᾱ́ tṑ khēlā́ |
τᾱ̀ς χηλᾱ́ς tā̀s khēlā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χηλή khēlḗ |
χηλᾱ́ khēlā́ |
χηλαί khēlaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χηλή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1629
Further reading
- “χηλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χηλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χηλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Pronunciation
Noun
χηλή • (chilí) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χηλή (chilí) | χηλές (chilés) |
| genitive | χηλής (chilís) | χηλών (chilón) |
| accusative | χηλή (chilí) | χηλές (chilés) |
| vocative | χηλή (chilí) | χηλές (chilés) |
Further reading
χηλή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
