gehenna

See also: Gehenna

English

Noun

gehenna (plural gehennas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gehenna

Czech

Alternative forms

• Gehenna, džehenna

Noun

gehenna f

1. gehenna (one of various hells in Abrahamic religions)

Declension

Declension of gehenna (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	gehenna	gehenny
genitive	gehenny	gehenen
dative	gehenně	gehennám
accusative	gehennu	gehenny
vocative	gehenno	gehenny
locative	gehenně	gehennách
instrumental	gehennou	gehennami

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek γέεννᾰ (géenna), from the Biblical Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (Ge'henom).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈhen.na/, [ɡeˈ(ɦ)ɛnːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈen.na/, [d͡ʒeˈɛnːä]

Noun

gehenna f (genitive gehennae); first declension

1. the Hinnom Valley (a valley near Jerusalem where children were immolated for Moloch)
2. (transferred sense) Gehenna, hell
   • AD 382–4, Biblia Vulgata, Matth. 5:22:

     Ego autem dico vobis quia omnis qui irascitur fratri suo reus erit iudicio qui autem dixerit fratri suo racha reus erit concilio qui autem dixerit fatue reus erit gehennae ignis.

     But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna. ― World English Bible translation

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative.

	singular	plural
nominative	gehenna	gehennae
genitive	gehennae	gehennārum
dative	gehennae	gehennīs
accusative	gehennam	gehennās
ablative	gehennā	gehennīs
vocative	gehenna	gehennae
locative	gehennae	gehennīs

Derived terms

• gehennālis

References

• “gehenna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gehenna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gehenna in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈxɛn.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Syllabification: ge‧hen‧na

Noun

gehenna f

1. (figuratively) ordeal

   Synonym: męka

2. (archaic) hell

   Synonym: piekło

Declension

Declension of gehenna

	singular	plural
nominative	gehenna	gehenny
genitive	gehenny	gehenn
dative	gehennie	gehennom
accusative	gehennę	gehenny
instrumental	gehenną	gehennami
locative	gehennie	gehennach
vocative	gehenno	gehenny

Related terms

• Gehenna

 

Further reading

• gehenna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gehenna in Polish dictionaries at PWN