ψαλμός
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ψάλλω (psállō, “to twitch”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psal.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
Noun edit
ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (genitive ψαλμοῦ); second declension
- twitching or twanging with the fingers
- sound of the cithara or harp
- (music) song sung to the harp, psalm
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ψαλμός ho psalmós |
τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ |
οἱ ψαλμοί hoi psalmoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ψαλμοῦ toû psalmoû |
τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn |
τῶν ψαλμῶν tôn psalmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ψαλμῷ tôi psalmôi |
τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn |
τοῖς ψαλμοῖς toîs psalmoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ψαλμόν tòn psalmón |
τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ |
τοὺς ψαλμούς toùs psalmoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψαλμέ psalmé |
ψαλμώ psalmṓ |
ψαλμοί psalmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ψαλμίζω (psalmízō)
- ψαλμολογέω (psalmologéō)
- ψαλμοχαρής (psalmokharḗs)
- ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
- ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós)
Descendants edit
- → Coptic: ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ (psalmos)
- → Greek: ψαλμός (psalmós) (learned)
- → Latin: psalmus (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: սաղմոս (sałmos)
- → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕌𐕒𐕚 (salmos)
- → Old Church Slavonic: ѱалъмъ (psalŭmŭ)
Further reading edit
- “ψαλμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαλμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós), from ψάλλω (psállō).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (plural ψαλμοί)
Declension edit
declension of ψαλμός
Related terms edit
- εξάψαλμος m (exápsalmos, “sequence of six psalms”)
- ψαλτήριο n (psaltírio, “psalter”)
- ψαλμωδία f (psalmodía)
- and see: ψάλλω (psállo, “I chant”)
Further reading edit
- ψαλμός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ψαλμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el