κάρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κείρω (keírō) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.ma/ → /ˈkar.ma/ → /ˈkar.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ma/

Noun

κᾰ́ρμᾰ • (kárma) n (genitive κᾰ́ρμᾰτος); third declension

1. wool shorn off
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:κάρμα.
2. cream skimmed off
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:κάρμα.

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κᾰ́ρμᾰ; τοῦ κᾰ́ρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́ρμᾰ tò kárma	τὼ κᾰ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kármate	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ tà kármata
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́ρμᾰτος toû kármatos	τοῖν κᾰρμᾰ́τοιν toîn karmátoin	τῶν κᾰρμᾰ́των tôn karmátōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́ρμᾰτῐ tôi kármati	τοῖν κᾰρμᾰ́τοιν toîn karmátoin	τοῖς κᾰ́ρμᾰσῐ / κᾰ́ρμᾰσῐν toîs kármasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́ρμᾰ tò kárma	τὼ κᾰ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kármate	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ tà kármata
Vocative	κᾰ́ρμᾰ kárma	κᾰ́ρμᾰτε kármate	κᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ kármata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κάρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette