ψάλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psál.ma/ → /ˈpsal.ma/ → /ˈpsal.ma/

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

Noun

ψάλμᾰ • (psálmă) n (genitive ψάλμᾰτος); third declension

1. (music) tune played on a stringed instrument

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ; τοῦ ψᾰ́λμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psắlmă	τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psắlmăte	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ psắlmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ψᾰ́λμᾰτος toû psắlmătos	τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psălmắtoin	τῶν ψᾰλμᾰ́των tôn psălmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tôi psắlmătĭ	τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psălmắtoin	τοῖς ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs psắlmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psắlmă	τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psắlmăte	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ psắlmătă
Vocative	ψᾰ́λμᾰ psắlmă	ψᾰ́λμᾰτε psắlmăte	ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ psắlmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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