Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

    From Proto-Hellenic *-mə, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, with -ματ- (-mat-) from Proto-Hellenic *-mət-, from *-mn̥-to- (seen in Latin -mentum).

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    -μᾰ (-man (genitive -μᾰτος); third declension

    1. Added to verbal stems to form neuter nouns denoting the effect or result of an action, a particular instance of an action, or the object of an action
      ἀθλέω (athléō, compete)ἄθλημα (áthlēma, contest)
      ἀθύρω (athúrō, play)ἄθυρμα (áthurma, toy)
      βδελύττομαι (bdelúttomai, to feel nausea, to be sick)βδέλυγμα (bdélugma, abomination)
      γράφω (gráphō, write)γράμμα (grámma, that which is written, letter)
      δέρω (dérō, flay, skin)δέρμα (dérma, skin)
      ἐκπῑ́νω (ekpī́nō, drink out)ἔκπωμα (ékpōma, drinking-cup)
      θεωρέω (theōréō, observe)θεώρημα (theṓrēma, observation, theorem)
      μανθάνω (manthánō, learn)μάθημα (máthēma, lesson)
      νοέω (noéō, think)νόημα (nóēma, thought)
      ποιέω (poiéō, make)ποίημα (poíēma, poem, or in general something made)
      σπείρω (speírō, sow)σπέρμα (spérma, that which is sown, seed)
      σχίζω (skhízō, divide)σχίσμα (skhísma, that which is divided)
      τέμνω (témnō, cut)τμῆμα (tmêma, section)

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    Resulting nouns always have recessive accent.

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    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

    IPA(key): /ma/

    Suffix edit

    -μα (-man

    1. 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)

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