χάννη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χᾰ́ννᾰ (khắnnă), χᾰ́ννος (khắnnos)

Etymology

In view of the characterization by Epicharmus as μεγαλοχάσμων (megalokhásmōn, “wide-gaping”), connection with χαίνω (khaínō, “to yawn, gape”) with expressive gemination has been proposed. Thompson considers a foreign derivation from Egyptian [script needed] (chnā, “unknown kind of fish”), while Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin comparing this word with χέννιον (khénnion, “kind of fish”), showing alternation α/ε.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰán.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰan.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxan.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxan.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ni/

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Noun

χᾰ́ννη • (khắnnē) f (genitive χᾰ́ννης); first declension

comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰ́ννη; τῆς χᾰ́ννης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰ́ννη hē khắnnē	τὼ χᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ khắnnā	αἱ χᾰ́νναι hai khắnnai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰ́ννης tês khắnnēs	τοῖν χᾰ́νναιν toîn khắnnain	τῶν χᾰννῶν tôn khănnôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰ́ννῃ têi khắnnēi	τοῖν χᾰ́νναιν toîn khắnnain	ταῖς χᾰ́νναις taîs khắnnais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰ́ννην tḕn khắnnēn	τὼ χᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ khắnnā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰ́ννᾱς tā̀s khắnnās
Vocative	χᾰ́ννη khắnnē	χᾰ́ννᾱ khắnnā	χᾰ́νναι khắnnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: χάννος (chánnos)
→ Translingual: Channa