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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *pélmn̥, from *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *felmô (“covering, skin”) (whence English film). Compare also Latin pellis (“skin”), Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”) and Proto-Slavic *plěna (“membrane”) from the same root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pél.ma/ → /ˈpel.ma/ → /ˈpel.ma/
Noun
πέλμᾰ • (pélma) n (genitive πέλμᾰτος); third declension
- sole of the foot
- sole of the shoe
- (botany) stalk (of apples and pears)
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Further reading
- “πέλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πέλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πέλμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- 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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ (pélma).
Noun
πέλμα • (pélma) n (plural πέλματα)
- sole (of foot)
- sole (of shoe)
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