χήνα

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Noun

χήνα • (chína) f (plural χήνες)

1. goose

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	χήνα (chína)	χήνες (chínes)
genitive	χήνας (chínas)	χηνών (chinón)
accusative	χήνα (chína)	χήνες (chínes)
vocative	χήνα (chína)	χήνες (chínes)

Derived terms

• αγριόχηνα du (agrióchina, “wild goose”)
• βήμα της χήνας n (víma tis chínas, “goose-step”)
• καναδόχηνα f (kanadóchina, “Canada goose”)

Further reading

• χήνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el