φώνημα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

φωνέω (phōnéō, “I produce a sound or tone”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φώνημᾰ • (phṓnēma) n (genitive φωνήματος); third declension

  1. sound made, utterance
    1. of a singer’s voice
    2. of a dog’s bark and ass’s bray
  2. thing spoken, speech, language

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φώνημᾰ; τοῦ φωνήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φώνημᾰ
tò phṓnēma 		τὼ φωνήμᾰτε
tṑ phōnḗmate 		τᾰ̀ φωνήμᾰτᾰ
tà phōnḗmata
Genitive τοῦ φωνήμᾰτος
toû phōnḗmatos 		τοῖν φωνημᾰ́τοιν
toîn phōnēmátoin 		τῶν φωνημᾰ́των
tôn phōnēmátōn
Dative τῷ φωνήμᾰτῐ
tôi phōnḗmati 		τοῖν φωνημᾰ́τοιν
toîn phōnēmátoin 		τοῖς φωνήμᾰσῐ / φωνήμᾰσῐν
toîs phōnḗmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ φώνημᾰ
tò phṓnēma 		τὼ φωνήμᾰτε
tṑ phōnḗmate 		τᾰ̀ φωνήμᾰτᾰ
tà phōnḗmata
Vocative φώνημᾰ
phṓnēma 		φωνήμᾰτε
phōnḗmate 		φωνήμᾰτᾰ
phōnḗmata
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: φώνημα (fónima)

References

Greek

Etymology

A reborrowing from French phonème (“phoneme”), from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound made”, “utterance”; “thing spoken”, “speech”, “language”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfonima/
  • Hyphenation: φώ‧νη‧μα

Noun

φώνημα • (fónima) n (plural φωνήματα)

  1. (linguistics) phoneme

Declension

singular plural
nominative φώνημα (fónima) φωνήματα (fonímata)
genitive φωνήματος (fonímatos) φωνημάτων (fonimáton)
accusative φώνημα (fónima) φωνήματα (fonímata)
vocative φώνημα (fónima) φωνήματα (fonímata)
  • see: φωνή n (foní, “sound, voice”)

References

  1. ^ φώνημα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας:  [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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