χήν

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʰā́n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (goose). Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), Latin ānser, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old English gōs (English goose), and Albanian gatë (heron).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χήν (khḗnm or f (genitive χηνός); third declension

  1. goose

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: χήνα (chína)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χήν, χηνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1630

Further reading

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  • χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • χήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.