"γέννα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʝe.na/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek γέννα (génna) from verb γεννῶ. The Ancient Greek noun γέννα had a different meaning: “ancestry, descendant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|γέννα}} Byzantine Greek γέννα (génna) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|γέννες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} γέννα • (génna) f (plural γέννες), {{el-noun|f|γέννες}} γέννα • (génna) f (plural γέννες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|γέννα|γέννες|γέννας|-|γέννα|γέννες|γέννα|γέννες|note=Genitive plural των γεννών (see Usage notes).}} Forms: génna [romanization], γέννες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], γέννα [nominative, singular], γέννες [nominative, plural], γέννας [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], γέννα [accusative, singular], γέννες [accusative, plural], γέννα [singular, vocative], γέννες [plural, vocative]
  1. birth (process of childbearing) Synonyms: γέννηση (génnisi) [feminine], τοκετός (toketós) [masculine] Related terms: γεννώ (gennó) (english: give birth or beget), Χριστούγεννα (Christoúgenna) (english: Christmas)
    Sense id: en-γέννα-el-noun-YqaQyprx Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'γαλοπούλα', Greek nouns lacking a genitive plural
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈʝe.na/ Forms: génna [romanization]
Etymology: Inflectional form of the verb γεννάω (gennáo) / γεννώ (gennó, “to give birth”). Head templates: {{head|el|verbf}} γέννα • (génna)
  1. second-person singular imperfective imperative of γεννάω (gennáo) (also: γένναγε) Tags: form-of, imperative, imperfective, second-person, singular Form of: γεννάω (extra: (gennáo) (also: γένναγε))
    Sense id: en-γέννα-el-verb--BOe4UsV Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 48
  2. second-person singular perfective imperative of γεννάω (gennáo) (also: γέννησε) Tags: form-of, imperative, perfective, second-person, singular Form of: γεννάω (extra: (gennáo) (also: γέννησε))
    Sense id: en-γέννα-el-verb-BBFaRw8w Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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