ψώρα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcized”), ψωρός (psōrós, “itchy, mangy”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). The word has also been compared to Lithuanian sóra (“millet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɔ̌ː.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
Noun edit
ψώρᾱ • (psṓrā) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψώρᾱ hē psṓrā |
τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā |
αἱ ψῶραι hai psôrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψώρᾱς tês psṓrās |
τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain |
τῶν ψωρῶν tôn psōrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψώρᾳ têi psṓrāi |
τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain |
ταῖς ψώραις taîs psṓrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψώρᾱν tḕn psṓrān |
τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā |
τᾱ̀ς ψώρᾱς tā̀s psṓrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψώρᾱ psṓrā |
ψώρᾱ psṓrā |
ψῶραι psôrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψώρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpso.ɾa/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzo.ɾa/
- Hyphenation: ψώ‧ρα
Noun edit
ψώρα • (psóra) f usually in the singular
Declension edit
declension of ψώρα
Related terms edit
- αν ήταν η ζήλια ψώρα, θα γέμιζ' όλ' η χώρα ― an ítan i zília psóra, tha gémiz' ól' i chóra ― literally:' if jealousy were scabies, the land would be full of it.
- αψώριαστος (apsóriastos, “not mangy, not scabby”)
- ψωραλέος (psoraléos)
- ψώρας m (psóras, “picky, fussy”)
- ψωριάζω (psoriázo)
- ψωριάρης (psoriáris)
- ψωριάρικος (psoriárikos)
- ψωρίαση f (psoríasi)
- ψώριασμα n (psóriasma)
- ψωριασμένος (psoriasménos, participle)
- ψωρίλος m (psorílos), ψωρίλας m (psorílas)
and ψωρο- (psoro-, derogatory prefix) for colloquial compounds like
- ψωροπερήφανος (psoroperífanos)
- Ψωροκώσταινα f (Psorokóstaina)
Pontic Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).
Noun edit
ψώρα (psóra) f
Descendants edit
References edit
- Παπαδόπουλος, Άνθιμος (2016) “ψώρα”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), 2nd edition, Athens: Επιτροπή Ποντιακών Μελετών, page 1092b
Further reading edit
- ψώρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el