χορδή

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“bowel”). Cognates include Sanskrit हिर (hira), Latin hernia, and Old English ġearn (English yarn).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χορδή • (khordḗ) f (genitive χορδῆς); first declension

  1. (in the plural) guts, intestines, tripe
  2. that which is made from guts:
    1. string of gut, chord, especially of a lyre or harp
      1. (music) musical note
    2. sausage, black pudding
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Inflection

First declension of ἡ χορδή; τῆς χορδῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χορδή
hē khordḗ 		τὼ χορδᾱ́
tṑ khordā́ 		αἱ χορδαί
hai khordaí
Genitive τῆς χορδῆς
tês khordês 		τοῖν χορδαῖν
toîn khordaîn 		τῶν χορδῶν
tôn khordôn
Dative τῇ χορδῇ
têi khordêi 		τοῖν χορδαῖν
toîn khordaîn 		ταῖς χορδαῖς
taîs khordaîs
Accusative τὴν χορδήν
tḕn khordḗn 		τὼ χορδᾱ́
tṑ khordā́ 		τᾱ̀ς χορδᾱ́ς
tā̀s khordā́s
Vocative χορδή
khordḗ 		χορδᾱ́
khordā́ 		χορδαί
khordaí
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • Greek: χορδή (chordí)
  • Mariupol Greek: кордъа́ (korðá)
  • → Latin: chorda (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: хо́рда (xórda)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χορδή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1643-4

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

χορδή • (chordí) f (plural χορδές)

  1. bow string
  2. (geometry) chord (of a circle)
  3. (music) string (of violin, piano, etc)
  4. (anatomy) vocal cord, vocal fold
  5. (physics) string
    θεωρία χορδών ― theoría chordón ― string theory
  6. any long, very thin structure

Declension

Declension of χορδή
singular plural
nominative χορδή • χορδές •
genitive χορδής • χορδών •
accusative χορδή • χορδές •
vocative χορδή • χορδές •

See also

Further reading

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