κύμβαλον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κύμβη (kúmbē, hollow of a vessel), with a suffix -αλον which is found also in κρόταλον (krótalon, rattle). Yakubovich suggested a derivation from Hittite [script needed] (ḫuḫupal, kind of musical instrument, perhaps a lute or a drum); however, the unexplained dereduplication, the -μβ- instead of -β- and the still unclear meaning of the Hittite word exclude this proposal.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κῠ́μβᾰλον (kúmbalonn (genitive κῠμβᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) cymbal

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: κύμβαλο (kýmvalo)
  • Latin: cymbalum (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Zsolt Simon, [1] (Munich: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 396.

Further reading

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