-μα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, with -ματ- (-mat-) possibly coming from *-mn̥t- (seen in Latin -mentum).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma/
Suffix[edit]
-μᾰ • (-ma) n (genitive -μᾰτος); third declension
- Added to verbal stems to form neuter nouns denoting the result of an action, a particular instance of an action, or the object of an action
Usage notes[edit]
Resulting nouns always have recessive accent.
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | -μᾰ -ma |
-μᾰτε -mate |
-μᾰτᾰ -mata | ||||||||||
Genitive | -μᾰτος -matos |
-μᾰτοιν -matoin |
-μᾰτων -matōn | ||||||||||
Dative | -μᾰτῐ -mati |
-μᾰτοιν -matoin |
-μᾰσῐ / -μᾰσῐν -masi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | -μᾰ -ma |
-μᾰτε -mate |
-μᾰτᾰ -mata | ||||||||||
Vocative | -μᾰ -ma |
-μᾰτε -mate |
-μᾰτᾰ -mata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 861
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from the Ancient Greek -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-μα • (-ma) n
- added to a verb form to create gerund and action nouns:
- καπνίζω (kapnízo, “to smoke”) + -μα (-ma) → κάπνισμα (kápnisma, “smoking”)
- ζεσταίνω (zestaíno, “to heat up”) + -μα (-ma) → ζέσταμα (zéstama, “warming up”)
- τελειώνω (teleióno, “to end”) + -μα (-ma) → τελείωμα (teleíoma, “ending”)
- ανοίγω (anoígo, “to open”) + -μα (-ma) → άνοιγμα (ánoigma, “opening”)
Declension[edit]
declension of -μα
Synonyms[edit]
- -ιμο n (-imo)
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek suffixes
- Ancient Greek unaccented terms
- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek suffixes
- Greek nouns declining like 'ιδίωμα'