κάλυμμα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover, to conceal”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.lym.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.lym.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.lym.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.lym.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.li.ma/
Noun edit
κάλυμμᾰ • (kálumma) n (genitive καλύμμᾰτος); third declension
- A head covering, a hood, a veil
- A fishing net shaped like a sack
- (anatomy) A skull (as the brain's covering)
- A grave
- (zoology) The covering of the gills of fish
- The covering of honeycomb
- The shell of fruits
- A shutter
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κάλυμμᾰ tò kálumma |
τὼ καλύμμᾰτε tṑ kalúmmate |
τᾰ̀ καλύμμᾰτᾰ tà kalúmmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ καλύμμᾰτος toû kalúmmatos |
τοῖν καλυμμᾰ́τοιν toîn kalummátoin |
τῶν καλυμμᾰ́των tôn kalummátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ καλύμμᾰτῐ tôi kalúmmati |
τοῖν καλυμμᾰ́τοιν toîn kalummátoin |
τοῖς καλύμμᾰσῐ / καλύμμᾰσῐν toîs kalúmmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κάλυμμᾰ tò kálumma |
τὼ καλύμμᾰτε tṑ kalúmmate |
τᾰ̀ καλύμμᾰτᾰ tà kalúmmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | κάλυμμᾰ kálumma |
καλύμμᾰτε kalúmmate |
καλύμμᾰτᾰ kalúmmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Aramaic: גלימא (galīmā)
- → Persian: گلیم (gelim)
- → Bashkir: келәм (keləm)
- → Hindustani:
Further reading edit
- “κάλυμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάλυμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κάλυμμα • (kálymma) n (plural καλύμματα)
Declension edit
declension of κάλυμμαcase \ number singular plural nominative κάλυμμα • καλύμματα • genitive καλύμματος • καλυμμάτων • accusative κάλυμμα • καλύμματα • vocative κάλυμμα • καλύμματα •