ψώρα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of ψάω (psáō, “to rub, wipe”), ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel, bit”), ψωλός (psōlós, “circumcised”), ψωρός (psōrós, “itchy, mangy”) and ψωχός (psōkhós, “sandy”). The word has also been compared to Lithuanian sóra (“millet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɔ̌ː.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpso.ra/
Noun
ψώρᾱ • (psṓrā) f (genitive ψώρᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ψώρᾱ hē psṓrā |
τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā |
αἱ ψῶραι hai psôrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ψώρᾱς tês psṓrās |
τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain |
τῶν ψωρῶν tôn psōrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ψώρᾳ têi psṓrāi |
τοῖν ψώραιν toîn psṓrain |
ταῖς ψώραις taîs psṓrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ψώρᾱν tḕn psṓrān |
τὼ ψώρᾱ tṑ psṓrā |
τᾱ̀ς ψώρᾱς tā̀s psṓrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψώρᾱ psṓrā |
ψώρᾱ psṓrā |
ψῶραι psôrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψώρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpso.ɾa/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzo.ɾa/
- Hyphenation: ψώ‧ρα
Noun
ψώρα • (psóra) f usually in the singular
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψώρα (psóra) | ψώρες (psóres) |
| genitive | ψώρας (psóras) | - |
| accusative | ψώρα (psóra) | ψώρες (psóres) |
| vocative | ψώρα (psóra) | ψώρες (psóres) |
Usually in the singular.
Related terms
- αν ήταν η ζήλια ψώρα, θα γέμιζ' όλ' η χώρα ― an ítan i zília psóra, tha gémiz' ól' i chóra ― literally:' if jealousy were scabies, the land would be full of it.
- αψώριαστος (apsóriastos, “not mangy, not scabby”)
- ψωραλέος (psoraléos)
- ψώρας m (psóras, “picky, fussy”)
- ψωριάζω (psoriázo)
- ψωριάρης (psoriáris)
- ψωριάρικος (psoriárikos)
- ψωρίαση f (psoríasi)
- ψώριασμα n (psóriasma)
- ψωριασμένος (psoriasménos, participle)
- ψωρίλος m (psorílos), ψωρίλας m (psorílas)
and ψωρο- (psoro-, derogatory prefix) for colloquial compounds like
- ψωροπερήφανος (psoroperífanos)
- Ψωροκώσταινα f (Psorokóstaina)
Pontic Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).
Noun
ψώρα (psóra) f
Descendants
References
- Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “ψώρα”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis, page 553b
Further reading
ψώρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
