ψάλμα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psál.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsal.ma/
Noun
[edit]ψάλμᾰ • (psálma) n (genitive ψάλμᾰτος); third declension
- (music) tune played on a stringed instrument
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psálma |
τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psálmate |
τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà psálmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψᾰ́λμᾰτος toû psálmatos |
τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psalmátoin |
τῶν ψᾰλμᾰ́των tôn psalmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tôi psálmati |
τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psalmátoin |
τοῖς ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs psálmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psálma |
τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psálmate |
τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà psálmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψᾰ́λμᾰ psálma |
ψᾰ́λμᾰτε psálmate |
ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ psálmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “ψάλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψάλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette