χήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χᾱ́ν (khā́n) – Doric

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”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe̝n/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çin/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çin/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çin/

Noun

χήν • (khḗn) m or f (genitive χηνός); third declension

goose

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ χήν; τοῦ, τῆς χηνός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ χήν ho, hē khḗn	τὼ χῆνε tṑ khêne	οἱ, αἱ χῆνες hoi, hai khênes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς χηνός toû, tês khēnós	τοῖν χηνοῖν toîn khēnoîn	τῶν χηνῶν tôn khēnôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ χηνῐ́ tôi, têi khēní	τοῖν χηνοῖν toîn khēnoîn	τοῖς, ταῖς χησῐ́ / χησῐ́ν toîs, taîs khēsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν χῆνᾰ tòn, tḕn khêna	τὼ χῆνε tṑ khêne	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς χῆνᾰς toùs, tā̀s khênas
Vocative	χήν khḗn	χῆνε khêne	χῆνες khênes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

χηνάγριον (khēnágrion)
χηναλώπηξ (khēnalṓpēx)
χηνάριον (khēnárion)
χηνοβοσκός (khēnoboskós)

Descendants

Greek: χήνα (chína)

References

“χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“χήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“χήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
χήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
χήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- gander idem, page 353.
- goose idem, page 367.