σκηνή (skiní)

English: skene

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About σκηνή

As a noun, σκηνή is of the feminine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    (Ancient Greek theatre) skene
  • noun:
    (theater) scene, stage
  • noun:
    incident, scene (where an incident occurred)
    Examples:
    • η σκηνή εγκλήματος.i skiní egklímatos.
    • the crime scene.
  • noun:
    tent
    Examples:
    • Synonym: τέντα (ténta)

Declension Table

feminine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeσκηνήσκηνές
genitiveσκηνήςσκηνών
accusativeσκηνήσκηνές
vocativeσκηνήσκηνές

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how σκηνή appears in different grammatical contexts.