αίμα

See also: αἷμα

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek αἷμα (haîma) / αἷμαν (haîman, blood), from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, blood), which is of ultimately uncertain and highly contested origin (see Ancient Greek lemma for various proposed derivations from Proto-Indo-European or Northwest Semitic languages).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.ma/
  • Hyphenation: αί‧μα
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Noun

αίμα • (aíma) n (plural αίματα)

  1. (medicine) blood

Declension

Alternative forms

αίμα

Further reading

  • αίμα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  • αίμα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
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