φτέρνα (phtérna)

English: heel

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About φτέρνα

As a noun, φτέρνα 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:
    (anatomy) heel

Declension Table

feminine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeφτέρναφτέρνες
genitiveφτέρναςφτερνών
accusativeφτέρναφτέρνες
vocativeφτέρναφτέρνες

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