χειλών
See also: Χείλων
Greek edit
Noun edit
χειλών • (cheilón)
Usage notes edit
- Of the two ancient plural genitives of χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) (uncontracted: τῶν χειλέων (tôn kheiléōn); contracted: τῶν χειλῶν (tôn kheilôn)), only the uncontracted is used in Standard Modern Greek: των χειλέων (ton cheiléon) as the plural genitive of χείλος (cheílos).
- The other alternative for the genitive plural is the modern των χειλιών (ton cheilión) of the singular noun το χείλι (to cheíli).
Further reading edit
- χείλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- χείλος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- χειλών - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.