παλάμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *palámā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognates include Latin palma, Old Irish lám, Old English folm, and Albanian shpullë.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lá.mɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈla.me̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈla.mi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈla.mi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈla.mi/

Noun

πᾰλᾰ́μη • (palámē) f (genitive πᾰλᾰ́μης); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πᾰλᾰ́μη; τῆς πᾰλᾰ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰλᾰ́μη hē palámē	τὼ πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ palámā	αἱ πᾰλᾰ́μαι hai palámai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰλᾰ́μης tês palámēs	τοῖν πᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn palámain	τῶν πᾰλᾰμῶν tôn palamôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰλᾰ́μῃ têi palámēi	τοῖν πᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn palámain	ταῖς πᾰλᾰ́μαις taîs palámais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰλᾰ́μην tḕn palámēn	τὼ πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ palámā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰλᾰ́μᾱς tā̀s palámās
Vocative	πᾰλᾰ́μη palámē	πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā	πᾰλᾰ́μαι palámai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of πᾰλᾰ́μη; πᾰλᾰ́μης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πᾰλᾰ́μη palámē	πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā	πᾰλᾰ́μαι palámai
Genitive	πᾰλᾰ́μης / πᾰλάμηφι / πᾰλάμηφιν palámēs / palámēphi(n)	πᾰλᾰ́μαιν / πᾰλᾰ́μαιῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃῐν palámai(i)n / palámēiin	πᾰλᾰμᾱ́ων / πᾰλᾰμέ͜ων / πᾰλᾰμῶν palamā́ōn / palamé͜ōn / palamôn
Dative	πᾰλᾰ́μῃ / πᾰλάμηφι / πᾰλάμηφιν palámēi / palámēphi(n)	πᾰλᾰ́μαιν / πᾰλᾰ́μαιῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃῐν palámai(i)n / palámēiin	πᾰλᾰ́μῃσῐ / πᾰλᾰ́μῃσῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃς / πᾰλᾰ́μαις palámēisi(n) / palámēis / palámais
Accusative	πᾰλᾰ́μην palámēn	πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā	πᾰλᾰ́μᾱς palámās
Vocative	πᾰλᾰ́μη palámē	πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā	πᾰλᾰ́μαι palámai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

Greek: παλάμη (palámi)
Mariupol Greek: пала́м (palám)

Greek

Alternative forms

απαλάμη f (apalámi) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē).

Noun

παλάμη • (palámi) f (plural παλάμες)

palm, hand
decimetre

Declension

declension of παλάμη

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	παλάμη •	παλάμες •
genitive	παλάμης •	παλαμών •
accusative	παλάμη •	παλάμες •
vocative	παλάμη •	παλάμες •

Synonyms

φούχτα f (foúchta)
χούφτα f (choúfta)

Coordinate terms

γροθιά f (grothiá, “fist”)

Related terms

εν τη παλάμη και ούτω βοήσωμεν (en ti palámi kai oúto voḯsomen)
το παράσημο της ανοιχτής παλάμης (to parásimo tis anoichtís palámis)

παλάμη

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