ψαλμός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψάλλω (psállō, “to twitch”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psal.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
Noun
ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (genitive ψαλμοῦ); second declension
- twitching or twanging with the fingers
- sound of the cithara or harp
- (music) song sung to the harp, psalm
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ψαλμός ho psalmós |
τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ |
οἱ ψαλμοί hoi psalmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψαλμοῦ toû psalmoû |
τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn |
τῶν ψαλμῶν tôn psalmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψαλμῷ tôi psalmôi |
τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn |
τοῖς ψαλμοῖς toîs psalmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ψαλμόν tòn psalmón |
τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ |
τοὺς ψαλμούς toùs psalmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψαλμέ psalmé |
ψαλμώ psalmṓ |
ψαλμοί psalmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ψαλμίζω (psalmízō)
- ψαλμολογέω (psalmologéō)
- ψαλμοχαρής (psalmokharḗs)
- ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
- ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós)
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ (psalmos)
- → Greek: ψαλμός (psalmós) (learned)
- → Latin: psalmus (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: սաղմոս (sałmos)
- → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕌𐕒𐕚 (salmos)
- → Old Church Slavonic: ѱалъмъ (psalŭmŭ)
Further reading
- “ψαλμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψαλμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós), from ψάλλω (psállō).
Pronunciation
Noun
ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (plural ψαλμοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψαλμός (psalmós) | ψαλμοί (psalmoí) |
| genitive | ψαλμού (psalmoú) | ψαλμών (psalmón) |
| accusative | ψαλμό (psalmó) | ψαλμούς (psalmoús) |
| vocative | ψαλμέ (psalmé) | ψαλμοί (psalmoí) |
Related terms
- εξάψαλμος m (exápsalmos, “sequence of six psalms”)
- ψαλτήριο n (psaltírio, “psalter”)
- ψαλμωδία f (psalmodía)
- and see: ψάλλω (psállo, “I chant”)
Further reading
- ψαλμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ψαλμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
