ζύμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yúHs-meh₂ (“fermentation, soup”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdy̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈzy.mi/ → /ˈzi.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdy̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzy.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.mi/

Noun

ζῡ́μη • (zū́mē) f (genitive ζῡ́μης); first declension

1. leaven

Declension

First declension of ἡ ζῡ́μη; τῆς ζῡ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζῡ́μη hē zū́mē	τὼ ζῡ́μᾱ tṑ zū́mā	αἱ ζῦμαι hai zûmai
Genitive	τῆς ζῡ́μης tês zū́mēs	τοῖν ζῡ́μαιν toîn zū́main	τῶν ζῡμῶν tôn zūmôn
Dative	τῇ ζῡ́μῃ têi zū́mēi	τοῖν ζῡ́μαιν toîn zū́main	ταῖς ζῡ́μαις taîs zū́mais
Accusative	τὴν ζῡ́μην tḕn zū́mēn	τὼ ζῡ́μᾱ tṑ zū́mā	τᾱ̀ς ζῡ́μᾱς tā̀s zū́mās
Vocative	ζῡ́μη zū́mē	ζῡ́μᾱ zū́mā	ζῦμαι zûmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄζῡμος (ázūmos)
• ζῡμίτης (zūmítēs)
• ζῡμόω (zūmóō)
• ζῡ́μωμα (zū́mōma)
• ζῡ́μωσις (zū́mōsis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ζύμη (zými)
• → English: zyme, zymo-
• →⇒ German: Enzym
  • → English: enzyme
  • → French: enzyme
  • → Italian: enzima
  • → Spanish: enzima

Further reading

• ζύμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ζύμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2219 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • leaven idem, page 483.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῡ́μη (zū́mē, “leaven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzi.mi/

Noun

ζύμη • (zými) f (plural ζύμες)

1. yeast
2. dough

Declension

Declension of ζύμη

	singular	plural
nominative	ζύμη •	ζύμες •
genitive	ζύμης •	ζυμών •
accusative	ζύμη •	ζύμες •
vocative	ζύμη •	ζύμες •

Synonyms

• (yeast): μαγιά f (magiá)
• (yeast, dough): ζυμάρι n (zymári)
• (dough): φύραμα f (fýrama)

Related terms

• άζυμος (ázymos, “unleavened”)
• προζύμι (prozými, “yeast”)
• ζυμάρι (zymári)
• ζυμαρικό (zymarikó) / ζυμαρικά (zymariká)

See also

• ένζυμο (énzymo)