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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From parmigiana.

Noun

parma (plural parmas)

  1. (Australia) A dish cooked in the parmigiana style.
    The local pub was offering a chicken parma and a pot of beer for $8.

Etymology 2

From Latin parma.

Noun

parma (plural parmae)

  1. (historical) A small shield carried by the infantry and cavalry.

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Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

parma f

  1. barbel (freshwater fish of the genus Barbus)

Declension

Further reading

  • parma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • parma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • parma”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

parma (dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of paarma

Declension

Inflection of parma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative parma parmat
genitive parman parmojen
partitive parmaa parmoja
illative parmaan parmoihin
singular plural
nominative parma parmat
accusative nom. parma parmat
gen. parman
genitive parman parmojen
parmain rare
partitive parmaa parmoja
inessive parmassa parmoissa
elative parmasta parmoista
illative parmaan parmoihin
adessive parmalla parmoilla
ablative parmalta parmoilta
allative parmalle parmoille
essive parmana parmoina
translative parmaksi parmoiksi
abessive parmatta parmoitta
instructive parmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of parma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative parmani parmani
accusative nom. parmani parmani
gen. parmani
genitive parmani parmojeni
parmaini rare
partitive parmaani parmojani
inessive parmassani parmoissani
elative parmastani parmoistani
illative parmaani parmoihini
adessive parmallani parmoillani
ablative parmaltani parmoiltani
allative parmalleni parmoilleni
essive parmanani parmoinani
translative parmakseni parmoikseni
abessive parmattani parmoittani
instructive
comitative parmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative parmasi parmasi
accusative nom. parmasi parmasi
gen. parmasi
genitive parmasi parmojesi
parmaisi rare
partitive parmaasi parmojasi
inessive parmassasi parmoissasi
elative parmastasi parmoistasi
illative parmaasi parmoihisi
adessive parmallasi parmoillasi
ablative parmaltasi parmoiltasi
allative parmallesi parmoillesi
essive parmanasi parmoinasi
translative parmaksesi parmoiksesi
abessive parmattasi parmoittasi
instructive
comitative parmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative parmamme parmamme
accusative nom. parmamme parmamme
gen. parmamme
genitive parmamme parmojemme
parmaimme rare
partitive parmaamme parmojamme
inessive parmassamme parmoissamme
elative parmastamme parmoistamme
illative parmaamme parmoihimme
adessive parmallamme parmoillamme
ablative parmaltamme parmoiltamme
allative parmallemme parmoillemme
essive parmanamme parmoinamme
translative parmaksemme parmoiksemme
abessive parmattamme parmoittamme
instructive
comitative parmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative parmanne parmanne
accusative nom. parmanne parmanne
gen. parmanne
genitive parmanne parmojenne
parmainne rare
partitive parmaanne parmojanne
inessive parmassanne parmoissanne
elative parmastanne parmoistanne
illative parmaanne parmoihinne
adessive parmallanne parmoillanne
ablative parmaltanne parmoiltanne
allative parmallenne parmoillenne
essive parmananne parmoinanne
translative parmaksenne parmoiksenne
abessive parmattanne parmoittanne
instructive
comitative parmoinenne

Latin

eques cum parmā (cavalryman with parma)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps a back-formation from parmula, dissimilated from palmula, from palma (hand), referring to the shield being handheld.[1]

Or, borrowed from a Celtic word.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

parma f (genitive parmae); first declension

  1. a parma; a round shield carried by the infantry and cavalry
  2. (poetic) any shield
  3. (poetic) a Thraex; a gladiator armed with a parma

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative parma parmae
genitive parmae parmārum
dative parmae parmīs
accusative parmam parmās
ablative parmā parmīs
vocative parma parmae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: πάρμη (pármē)

References

  • parma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • parma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • parma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • parma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • parma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • parma”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  1. ^ Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1919): The Classical Weekly, Volume 12, p. 215
  2. ^ Ramat, Anna Giacalone et al (2015): The Indo-European Languages, p. 268

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Noun

parma f

  1. palm (of the hand)