χάος

Etymology 1
. Has traditionally been connected to, (< ) or , in the latter case likely. Beekes additionally compares 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 words for “palate” (originally “mouth”?): 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, possibly from PIE.

Noun

 * 1) chaos, the primordial state of existence
 * 2) space, air
 * 3) abyss, chasm
 * 4) infinite darkness

Declension
Normally, only in singular; but χάη occasionally found.

Adjective

 * 1)  "genuine, true"

Etymology
. For sense disorder, mess, (in that sense) from Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

 * 1)  chaos
 * 2)  disorder, mess
 * 3)  chaos

Usage notes

 * Normally, there is no plural: no outside of poetry.
 * 1) *Kostas Karyotakis, poem «Φύγε, η καρδιά μου νοσταλγεί» ("Go, my heart is nostalgic") from collection Ελεγεία και Σάτιρες (Elegia and Satires), published in 1927. (Greek text)
 * "el"

- Φύγε κι ἄσε με μοναχό, ποὺ βλέπω νὰ πληθαίνη ἀπάνω ἡ νύχτα, καὶ βαθιὰ νὰ γίνωνται τὰ χάη.