χηλή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χᾱλᾱ́ (khālā́) — Doric

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally connected with χηρᾰμός (khērămós, “hole, hollow”), χήμη (khḗmē, “yawning, gaping”), and χάσκω (kháskō, “I yawn, gape”), but the supposed unifying connections are obscure.[1] Compare also χελώνη (khelṓnē, “turtle”), also of unclear origin, which could be related through Pre-Greek if it originally referred to the hard shell.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χηλή • (khēlḗ) f (genitive χηλῆς); first declension

  1. hoof
  2. crab's claw
  3. unguis of an ox
  4. breakwater
  5. jawbone

Declension

First declension of ἡ χηλή; τῆς χηλῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χηλή
hē khēlḗ 		τὼ χηλᾱ́
tṑ khēlā́ 		αἱ χηλαί
hai khēlaí
Genitive τῆς χηλῆς
tês khēlês 		τοῖν χηλαῖν
toîn khēlaîn 		τῶν χηλῶν
tôn khēlôn
Dative τῇ χηλῇ
tēî khēlēî 		τοῖν χηλαῖν
toîn khēlaîn 		ταῖς χηλαῖς
taîs khēlaîs
Accusative τὴν χηλήν
tḕn khēlḗn 		τὼ χηλᾱ́
tṑ khēlā́ 		τᾱ̀ς χηλᾱ́ς
tā̀s khēlā́s
Vocative χηλή
khēlḗ 		χηλᾱ́
khēlā́ 		χηλαί
khēlaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: χηλή (chilí)
  • → Latin: chele

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χηλή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1629

Further reading

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çiˈli/

Noun

χηλή • (chilí) f

  1. (anatomy) hoof (of an animal)
  2. unguis

Declension

Declension of χηλή
singular plural
nominative χηλή (chilí) χηλές (chilés)
genitive χηλής (chilís) χηλών (chilón)
accusative χηλή (chilí) χηλές (chilés)
vocative χηλή (chilí) χηλές (chilés)

Further reading

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