χηλή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Traditionally connected with χηρᾰμός (khēramós, “hole, hollow”), χήμη (khḗmē, “yawning, gaping”), and χάσκω (kháskō, “I yawn, gape”), but obscure.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɛː.lɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰe̝ˈle̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çiˈli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çiˈli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çiˈli/
Noun
χηλή • (khēlḗ) f (genitive χηλῆς); first declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “χηλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χηλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χηλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Noun
χηλή • (chilí) f
Declension
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- Greek nouns declining like 'γραμμή'