χάρισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the ancient χαρίζομαι (kharízomai, “show favor”) (from χάρις (kháris, “grace”) from χαίρω (khaírō, “I am happy”)) + -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.riz.ma/ → /ˈxa.riz.ma/ → /ˈxa.riz.ma/

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

Noun

χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ • (khárisma) n (genitive χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension (Koine)

1. A favourable disposition towards: grace, favor
2. A voluntary favourable act: favour, gift

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ; τοῦ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ tò khárisma	τὼ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ kharísmate	τᾰ̀ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà kharísmata
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτος toû kharísmatos	τοῖν χᾰρῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn kharismátoin	τῶν χᾰρῐσμᾰ́των tôn kharismátōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi kharísmati	τοῖν χᾰρῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn kharismátoin	τοῖς χᾰρῐ́σμᾰσῐ / χᾰρῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs kharísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ tò khárisma	τὼ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ kharísmate	τᾰ̀ χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà kharísmata
Vocative	χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ khárisma	χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτε kharísmate	χᾰρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ kharísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Greek: χάρισμα (chárisma) (inherited)
• → Coptic: ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥⲙⲁ (kharisma)
• → Italian: carisma
• → Latin: charisma
• → Dutch: charisma n
• → English: charisma
• → German: Charisma n
• → Russian: хари́зма f (xarízma)

Further reading

• “χάρισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χάρισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χάρισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5486 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Koine Greek χάρισμα (khárisma). By surface analysis, (χαρίζω) χαρισ- ((charízo) charis-, “to grant”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ɾi.zma/
• Hyphenation: χά‧ρι‧σμα

Noun

χάρισμα • (chárisma) n (plural χαρίσματα)

1. endowment, gift (of a personal quality)

   Είχε το χάρισμα της μαντικής. ― Eíche to chárisma tis mantikís. ― She has the gift of divination.

Declension

Declension of χάρισμα

	singular	plural
nominative	χάρισμα (chárisma)	χαρίσματα (charísmata)
genitive	χαρίσματος (charísmatos)	χαρισμάτων (charismáton)
accusative	χάρισμα (chárisma)	χαρίσματα (charísmata)
vocative	χάρισμα (chárisma)	χαρίσματα (charísmata)

Further reading

• χάρισμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language