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 • (psálma) 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 psálma	τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psálmate	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà psálmata
Genitive	τοῦ ψᾰ́λμᾰτος toû psálmatos	τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psalmátoin	τῶν ψᾰλμᾰ́των tôn psalmátōn
Dative	τῷ ψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tôi psálmati	τοῖν ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn psalmátoin	τοῖς ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs psálmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ tò psálma	τὼ ψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ psálmate	τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà psálmata
Vocative	ψᾰ́λμᾰ psálma	ψᾰ́λμᾰτε psálmate	ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ psálmata
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