ψώρα
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAccording to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), 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
editψώρᾱ • (psṓrā) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension
Declension
editCase / # | 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
editDescendants
editReferences
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
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editψώρα • (psóra) f usually in the singular
Declension
editDeclension 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
editEtymology
editInherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).
Noun
editψώρα (psóra) f
Descendants
editReferences
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
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