καναχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Explained as an expressive formation like στοναχή (stonakhḗ), derived from a verb "to sing" seen in Latin canō (“I sing”) and Old Irish canaid. Furnée compares κόναβος (kónabos, “din, clash”) and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /ka.naˈçi/ → /ka.naˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.na.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈçi/

Noun

κᾰνᾰχή • (kanakhḗ) f (genitive κᾰνᾰχῆς); first declension

1. noise, any sharp sound
2. ring of clang of metal
3. gnashing of teeth
4. sound of flutes

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰνᾰχή; τῆς κᾰνᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰνᾰχή hē kanakhḗ	τὼ κᾰνᾰχᾱ́ tṑ kanakhā́	αἱ κᾰνᾰχαί hai kanakhaí
Genitive	τῆς κᾰνᾰχῆς tês kanakhês	τοῖν κᾰνᾰχαῖν toîn kanakhaîn	τῶν κᾰνᾰχῶν tôn kanakhôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰνᾰχῇ têi kanakhêi	τοῖν κᾰνᾰχαῖν toîn kanakhaîn	ταῖς κᾰνᾰχαῖς taîs kanakhaîs
Accusative	τὴν κᾰνᾰχήν tḕn kanakhḗn	τὼ κᾰνᾰχᾱ́ tṑ kanakhā́	τᾱ̀ς κᾰνᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s kanakhā́s
Vocative	κᾰνᾰχή kanakhḗ	κᾰνᾰχᾱ́ kanakhā́	κᾰνᾰχαί kanakhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καναχέω (kanakhéō)
• καναχηδά (kanakhēdá)
• καναχηδής (kanakhēdḗs)
• καναχήπους (kanakhḗpous)
• καναχής (kanakhḗs)
• καναχίζω (kanakhízō)
• καναχός (kanakhós)

 

Further reading

• “καναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καναχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN