See also: Γέννα

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Some derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

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Noun edit

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)

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From Medieval Greek:

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

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Further reading edit

  • 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 - 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

γέννα (génnaf (plural γέννες)

  1. birth (process of childbearing)
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

γέννα (génna)

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

References edit

  1. ^ γένναΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.