σύρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σύρω (súrō, to draw, drag, trail) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σύρμᾰ • (súrma) n (genitive σύρμᾰτος); third declension

  1. Anything trailed or dragged
    1. (Koine sense) A theatric robe with a long train
    2. sweepings, refuse, litter
    3. (medicine) An abrasion, a scaly skin disease
  2. A dragging, a trailing motion

Inflection

Descendants

  • > Byzantine Greek: σύρμα (súrma) (inherited)
    • > Greek: σύρμα (sýrma) (inherited)
    • Ottoman Turkish: صرمه, صیرمه (sırma); սըրմա (sırma)
      • Turkish: sırma
      • Albanian: sërmë, sërme
      • Armenian: սրմա (srma), սիրմա (sirma), սռմա (sṙma), սուրմա (surma); սրմայ (srmay), սիրմայ (sirmay), սռմայ (sṙmay), սուրմայ (surmay)
      • Bulgarian: съ́рма (sǎ́rma)
      • Macedonian: ср́ма (sŕma)
      • Romanian: sîrmă, sârmă
      • Serbo-Croatian: sŕma / ср́ма
  • Latin: syrma
  • Georgian: სირმა (sirma)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek σύρμα (súrma, gold or silver thread), from Koine Greek σύρμα (súrma, theatric robe with a long train), from Ancient Greek σύρμα (súrma, anything trailed or dragged).[1] From σύρω (súrō, drag).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiɾ.ma/
  • Hyphenation: σύρ‧μα

Noun

σύρμα • (sýrma) n (plural σύρματα)

  1. electrical wire or cable
  2. wire (thin flexible metal thread or threads)
  3. scourer, metal mesh scouring pad
  4. whisk, beater
  5. wire netting

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. σύρμα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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