χάσμα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From χάσκω (kháskō, I yawn, gape) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χάσμα (khásman (genitive χάσματος); third declension

  1. hollow, chasm, gulf
  2. open mouth
  3. space, expanse

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: χάσμα (chásma)
  • Latin: chasma

References

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma), from χάσκω (kháskō). For the sense "gap", semantic loan from English chasm.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.zma/
  • Hyphenation: χά‧σμα

Noun

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χάσμα (chásman (plural χάσματα)

  1. chasm
  2. gap
  3. (figuratively) chasm, rift

Declension

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Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ χάσμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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