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γέννα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to beget), though the exact morphological and phonological development is unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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γέννᾰ or γέννᾱ (génna or génnāf (genitive γέννης or γέννᾱς); first declension (Poetic)

  1. Ancient Greek
    1. Synonym of γένος (génos)
      1. descent, lineage
      2. origin
        • 2nd century CE, w:Secundus the Silent, Sententiae. 15.
          γῆ γέννα πάντων
          génna pántōn
          the earth origin of everyone/everything
      3. offspring, generation
      4. family (children), race
    2. coming forth (of the Moon)
  2. Medieval (Byzantine) Greek: γέννα (génnaf (genitive γέννας); first declension
    1. childbirth (process of childbearing)
    2. family
    3. γέννα τῆς σελήνης (génna tês selḗnēs)”: moonrise (literally: the birth of the Moon) (of the Moon, expression)
    4. also see τὰ Γέννα (tà Génnan pl (genitive Γέννων); second declension (6th century CE): Christmas
      Synonym: τὰ Χριστούγεννα (tà Khristoúgenna)

Inflection

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Descendants

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From Medieval Greek:

  • Greek: γέννα (génna)
  • Amharic: ገና (gäna)
  • Tigre: ገና (gäna)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέννᾰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266

Further reading

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  • 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 (2006–2024)
  • γένναKriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
  • γέννα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʝe.na/
  • Hyphenation: γέν‧να

Etymology 1

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From Byzantine Greek γέννα (génna) from verb γεννῶ. The Ancient Greek noun γέννα had a different meaning: “ancestry, descendant”).[1]

Noun

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γέννα (génnaf (plural γέννες)

  1. birth (process of childbearing)
Usage notes
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Declension
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Declension of γέννα
singular plural
nominative γέννα (génna) γέννες (génnes)
genitive γέννας (génnas) -
accusative γέννα (génna) γέννες (génnes)
vocative γέννα (génna) γέννες (génnes)

Genitive plural των γεννών (see Usage notes).

Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Inflectional form of the verb γεννάω (gennáo) / γεννώ (gennó, to give birth).

Verb

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γέννα (génna)

  1. second-person singular imperfective imperative of γεννάω (gennáo) (also: γένναγε)
  2. second-person singular perfective imperative of γεννάω (gennáo) (also: γέννησε)

References

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  1. ^ γέννα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language