γέννα
See also: Γέννα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Some derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡén.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡen.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝen.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝen.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.na/
Noun
γέννᾰ or γέννᾱ • (génna or génnā) f (genitive γέννης or γέννᾱς); first declension (Poetic)
- Ancient Greek
- Synonym of γένος (génos)
- descent, lineage
- origin
- 2nd century CE, w:Secundus the Silent, Sententiae. 15.
- γῆ γέννα πάντων
- gê génna pántōn
- the earth origin of everyone/everything
- 2nd century CE, w:Secundus the Silent, Sententiae. 15.
- offspring, generation
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 853:
- πέμπτη δ’ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ γέννα
- pémptē d’ ap’ autoû génna
- the fifth generation after him
- πέμπτη δ’ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ γέννα
- family (children), race
- (of the Moon) coming forth
- Synonym of γένος (génos)
- Medieval (Byzantine) Greek: γέννα • (génna) f (genitive γέννας); first declension
- childbirth (process of childbearing)
- family
- (of the Moon, expression) “γέννα τῆς σελήνης (génna tês selḗnēs)”: moonrise (literally: the birth of the Moon)
- also see τὰ Γέννα • (tà Génna) n pl (genitive Γέννων); second declension (6th century CE): Christmas
- Synonym: τὰ Χριστούγεννα (tà Khristoúgenna)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ γέννᾰ; τῆς γέννης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ γέννᾰ hē génna | τὼ γέννᾱ tṑ génnā | αἱ γένναι hai génnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γέννης tês génnēs | τοῖν γένναιν toîn génnain | τῶν γεννῶν tôn gennôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γέννῃ têi génnēi | τοῖν γένναιν toîn génnain | ταῖς γένναις taîs génnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γέννᾰν tḕn génnan | τὼ γέννᾱ tṑ génnā | τᾱ̀ς γέννᾱς tā̀s génnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γέννᾰ génna | γέννᾱ génnā | γένναι génnai | ||||||||||
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First declension of ἡ γέννᾱ; τῆς γέννᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ γέννᾱ hē génnā | τὼ γέννᾱ tṑ génnā | αἱ γένναι hai génnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γέννᾱς tês génnās | τοῖν γένναιν toîn génnain | τῶν γεννῶν tôn gennôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γέννᾳ têi génnāi | τοῖν γένναιν toîn génnain | ταῖς γένναις taîs génnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γέννᾱν tḕn génnān | τὼ γέννᾱ tṑ génnā | τᾱ̀ς γέννᾱς tā̀s génnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γέννᾱ génnā | γέννᾱ génnā | γένναι génnai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- γενναῖος (gennaîos)
- γεννάω / γεννῶ
- γέννας (génnas)
- γεννήεις (gennḗeis)
- γεννικός (gennikós)
Descendants
From Medieval Greek:
- Greek: γέννα (génna)
- → Amharic: ገና (gäna)
- → Tigre: ገና (gäna)
See also
- τοκετός (toketós)
Further reading
- “γέννᾰ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γέννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γέννα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- γέννα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- γέννα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek) Online edition (22 vols. printed edition)
- γέννα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝe.na/
- Hyphenation: γέν‧να
Etymology 1
From Byzantine Greek γέννα (génna) from verb γεννῶ. The Ancient Greek noun γέννα had a different meaning: “ancestry, descendant”)[1].
Noun
γέννα • (génna) f (plural γέννες)
- birth (process of childbearing)
Usage notes
- The very rare genitive plural “των γεννών”, is either archaic (“τῶν γεννῶν”), or regional demotic, or used for veterinary archives “αρχείο γεννών” (archeío gennón, “archive of births/labours”) while the common “αρχείο γεννήσεων” (archeío genníseon, “archive of births”) has to do with childbirths and registration.
Declension
declension of γέννα
case \\ number | singular | plural | |
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nominative | γέννα • | γέννες • | |
genitive | γέννας • | — | |
accusative | γέννα • | γέννες • | |
vocative | γέννα • | γέννες • | |
Genitive plural των γεννών (see Usage notes). |
Synonyms
- γέννηση f (génnisi)
- τοκετός m (toketós)
Related terms
- γεννώ (gennó, “give birth or beget”)
- Χριστούγεννα (Christoúgenna, “Christmas”)
Etymology 2
Inflectional form of the verb γεννάω (gennáo) / γεννώ (gennó, “to give birth”).
Verb
γέννα • (génna)
- 2nd person singular imperfective imperative form of γεννάω (gennáo). (also: γένναγε)
- 2nd person singular perfective imperative form of γεννάω (gennáo). (also: γέννησε)
References
- γέννα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.