"γέννηση" meaning in Greek

See γέννηση in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʝe.ni.si/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek γέννηση (génnēsē), from Ancient Greek γέννησις (génnēsis). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|gkm|γέννηση}} Byzantine Greek γέννηση (génnēsē), {{inh|el|grc|γέννησις}} Ancient Greek γέννησις (génnēsis) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|γεννήσεις|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} γέννηση • (génnisi) f (plural γεννήσεις), {{el-noun|f|γεννήσεις}} γέννηση • (génnisi) f (plural γεννήσεις) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|γέννηση|γεννήσεις|γέννησης|γεννήσεων|γέννηση|γεννήσεις|γέννηση|γεννήσεις|note=|note0=Older or formal genitive singular: γεννήσεως (genníseos)}} Forms: génnisi [romanization], γεννήσεις [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], γέννηση [nominative, singular], γεννήσεις [nominative, plural], γέννησης [genitive, singular], γεννήσεων [genitive, plural], γέννηση [accusative, singular], γεννήσεις [accusative, plural], γέννηση [singular, vocative], γεννήσεις [plural, vocative]
  1. (medicine) birth
    Sense id: en-γέννηση-el-noun-96GGEfQu Categories (other): Medicine, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'δύναμη', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'δύναμη': 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (figuratively) start, inauguration Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-γέννηση-el-noun-6f4zPylP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: γέννα (génna) (english: sense: childbirth) [feminine] Related terms: αναγέννηση (anagénnisi), γεννάω (gennáo), γέννημα (génnima) (english: child, creation) [neuter]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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