χελώνα in Greek

IPA: /çeˈlo.na/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|χελώνη||tortoise}} Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|χελώνες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} χελώνα • (chelóna) f (plural χελώνες), {{el-noun|f|χελώνες}} χελώνα • (chelóna) f (plural χελώνες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|χελώνα|χελώνες|χελώνας|χελωνών|χελώνα|χελώνες|χελώνα|χελώνες|note=the genitive form χελώνων may also be found}} Forms: chelóna [romanization], χελώνες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], χελώνα [nominative, singular], χελώνες [nominative, plural], χελώνας [genitive, singular], χελωνών [genitive, plural], χελώνα [accusative, singular], χελώνες [accusative, plural], χελώνα [singular, vocative], χελώνες [plural, vocative]

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    }
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}

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"χελώνα" meaning in Greek

Noun