χάννη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χᾰ́ννᾰ (khánna), χᾰ́ννος (khánnos)

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

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰán.nɛː/ → /ˈxan.ni/ → /ˈxa.ni/

• (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/

Noun

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

1. comber (Serranus cabrilla)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰ́ννη; τῆς χᾰ́ννης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰ́ννη hē khánnē	τὼ χᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ khánnā	αἱ χᾰ́νναι hai khánnai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰ́ννης tês khánnēs	τοῖν χᾰ́νναιν toîn khánnain	τῶν χᾰννῶν tôn khannôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰ́ννῃ têi khánnēi	τοῖν χᾰ́νναιν toîn khánnain	ταῖς χᾰ́νναις taîs khánnais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰ́ννην tḕn khánnēn	τὼ χᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ khánnā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰ́ννᾱς tā̀s khánnās
Vocative	χᾰ́ννη khánnē	χᾰ́ννᾱ khánnā	χᾰ́νναι khánnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: χάννος (chánnos)
• → Translingual: Channa

Further reading

• “χάννη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χάννη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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