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English
Noun
gehenna (plural gehennas)
- Alternative letter-case form of Gehenna
Czech
Noun
gehenna f
- gehenna (one of various hells in Abrahamic religions)
Declension
Declension of gehenna (hard feminine reducible)
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek γέεννᾰ (géenna), from the Biblical Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (Ge'henom).
Pronunciation
Noun
gehenna f (genitive gehennae); first declension
- the Hinnom Valley (a valley near Jerusalem where children were immolated for Moloch)
- (transferred sense) Gehenna, hell
- AD 382–4, Biblia Vulgata, Matth. 5:22:
- Ego autem dico vobis quia omnis qui irascitur fratri suo reus erit iudicio qui autem dixerit fratri suo racha reus erit concilio qui autem dixerit fatue reus erit gehennae ignis.
- But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. ― World English Bible translation
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative.
Derived terms
References
- “gehenna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gehenna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- gehenna in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈxɛn.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛnna
- Syllabification: ge‧hen‧na
Noun
gehenna f
- (figuratively) ordeal
- Synonym: męka
- (archaic) hell
- Synonym: piekło
Declension
Further reading
- gehenna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gehenna in Polish dictionaries at PWN