χηλή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χᾱλᾱ́ (khālā́) — Doric

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛː.lɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe̝ˈle̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çiˈli/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈli/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈli/

Noun

χηλή • (khēlḗ) f (genitive χηλῆς); first declension

Declension

First declension of ἡ χηλή; τῆς χηλῆς (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: chele
- → English: chela
- → Italian: chela

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

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /çiˈli/

Noun

χηλή • (chilí) f

(anatomy) hoof (of an animal)
unguis

Declension

Declension of χηλή

	singular	plural
nominative	χηλή •	χηλές •
genitive	χηλής •	χηλών •
accusative	χηλή •	χηλές •
vocative	χηλή •	χηλές •

χηλή

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