αἷμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /há͜ɪma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hɛ́ːma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /éma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /éma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /éma/

Noun

αἷμα (genitive αἵματος) n, third declension; (haima)

1. blood

Inflection

Third declension of αἷμᾰ, αἵμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ αἷμᾰ	τὼ αἵμᾰτε	τὰ αἵμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ αἵμᾰτος	τοῖν αἱμάτοιν	τῶν αἱμάτων
Dative	τῷ αἵμᾰτῐ	τοῖν αἱμάτοιν	τοῖς αἵμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸ αἷμᾰ	τὼ αἵμᾰτε	τὰ αἵμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	αἷμᾰ	αἵμᾰτε	αἵμᾰτᾰ

Descendants

• Greek: αίμα
• English: hæmal
• English: leukemia

References

• αἷμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Strong’s concordance number: G129
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)