πέλμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *pélmn̥, from *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *felmô (“covering, skin”) (whence English film). Compare also Latin pellis (“skin”), Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”) and Proto-Slavic *plěna (“membrane”) from the same root.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pél.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpel.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpel.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpel.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpel.ma/
Noun
πέλμᾰ • (pélma) n (genitive πέλμᾰτος); third declension
- sole of the foot
- sole of the shoe
- (botany) stalk (of apples and pears)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πέλμᾰ; τοῦ πέλμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πέλμᾰ tò pélma | τὼ πέλμᾰτε tṑ pélmate | τᾰ̀ πέλμᾰτᾰ tà pélmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πέλμᾰτος toû pélmatos | τοῖν πελμᾰ́τοιν toîn pelmátoin | τῶν πελμᾰ́των tôn pelmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πέλμᾰτῐ tôi pélmati | τοῖν πελμᾰ́τοιν toîn pelmátoin | τοῖς πέλμᾰσῐ / πέλμᾰσῐν toîs pélmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πέλμᾰ tò pélma | τὼ πέλμᾰτε tṑ pélmate | τᾰ̀ πέλμᾰτᾰ tà pélmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | πέλμᾰ pélma | πέλμᾰτε pélmate | πέλμᾰτᾰ pélmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βᾰθῠ́πελμος (bathúpelmos)
- δῐ́πελμος (dípelmos)
- μονόπελμος (monópelmos)
- πελμᾰτῐ́ζω (pelmatízō)
- πελμᾰτόομαι (pelmatóomai)
Descendants
- Greek: πέλμα (pélma)
Further reading
- “πέλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πέλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πέλμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- 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
From Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ (pélma).
Noun
πέλμα • (pélma) n (plural πέλματα)
- sole (of foot)
- sole (of shoe)
Declension
declension of πέλμα
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | πέλμα • | πέλματα • |
genitive | πέλματος • | πελμάτων • |
accusative | πέλμα • | πέλματα • |
vocative | πέλμα • | πέλματα • |
Synonyms
- πατούσα f (patoúsa)