Θωμᾶς
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See also: Θωμάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic תאומא (“Thomas”), from תאמא m (“twin”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɔː.mâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰoˈmas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θoˈmas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θoˈmas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θoˈmas/
Proper noun
Θωμᾶς • (Thōmâs) m (genitive Θωμᾶ); first declension
- Thomas
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 1:13
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Θωμάς (Thomás)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Ѳѡма (Θoma)
- → Georgian: თომა (toma)
- → Gothic: 𐌸𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍃 (þōmas)
- → Latin: Thomas (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: Թովմաս (Tʻovmas), Թումաս (Tʻumas), Թոմաս (Tʻomas), Թովմայ (Tʻovmay), Թովմա (Tʻovma), Թոմայ (Tʻomay)
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2381 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN