"χήν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χήν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰɛ̌ːn/, /çin/, /çin/, /kʰɛ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /kʰe̝n/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /çin/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /çin/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /çin/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kʰā́n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), Latin ānser, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old English gōs (English goose), and Albanian gatë (“heron”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kʰā́n}} Proto-Hellenic *kʰā́n, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰh₂éns}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns, {{cog|sa|हंस|tr=haṃsá}} Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), {{cog|la|ānser}} Latin ānser, {{cog|ru|гусь}} Russian гусь (gusʹ), {{cog|ang|gōs}} Old English gōs, {{cog|en|goose}} English goose, {{cog|sq|gatë||heron}} Albanian gatë (“heron”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|χηνός|m|third|g2=f}} χήν • (khḗn) m or f (genitive χηνός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χήν|χηνός|form=MF}} Forms: khḗn [romanization], χηνός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], [nominative, singular], ἡ χήν [nominative, singular], τὼ χῆνε [dual, nominative], οἱ [nominative, plural], αἱ χῆνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ [genitive, singular], τῆς χηνός [genitive, singular], τοῖν χηνοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν χηνῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ [dative, singular], τῇ χηνῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν χηνοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς [dative, plural], ταῖς χησῐ́ [dative, plural], χησῐ́ν [dative, plural], toîs [dative, plural], taîs khēsí [dative, plural], taîs khēsín [dative, plural], τὸν [accusative, singular], τὴν χῆνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ χῆνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς [accusative, plural], τᾱ̀ς χῆνᾰς [accusative, plural], χήν [singular, vocative], χῆνε [dual, vocative], χῆνες [plural, vocative]
  1. goose Categories (lifeform): Freshwater birds Synonyms: χᾱ́ν (khā́n) [Doric] Derived forms: χηνάγριον (khēnágrion), χηναλώπηξ (khēnalṓpēx), χηνάριον (khēnárion), χηνοβοσκός (khēnoboskós)

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    },
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      "ipa": "/çin/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/çin/"
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      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/kʰe̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/çin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/çin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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}
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς χησῐ́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χησῐ́ν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khēsí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs khēsín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "roman": "tòn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν χῆνᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χῆνε",
      "roman": "tṑ khêne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς χῆνᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s khênas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χήν",
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        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "χῆνε",
      "roman": "khêne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χῆνες",
      "roman": "khênes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χηνός",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "χήν • (khḗn) m or f (genitive χηνός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χήν",
        "2": "χηνός",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 1-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
        "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "grc:Freshwater birds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "goose"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "goose",
          "goose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çin/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe̝n/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çin/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çin/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çin/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "khā́n",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "χᾱ́ν"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χήν"
}

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