φώνημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φωνέω (phōnéō, “I produce a sound or tone”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φώνημᾰ • (phṓnēma) n (genitive φωνήματος); third declension

  1. sound made, utterance
    1. of a singer’s voice
    2. of a dog’s bark and ass’s bray
  2. thing spoken, speech, language

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ φώνημᾰ; τοῦ φωνήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φώνημᾰ
tò phṓnēma		 τὼ φωνήμᾰτε
tṑ phōnḗmate		 τᾰ̀ φωνήμᾰτᾰ
tà phōnḗmata
Genitive τοῦ φωνήμᾰτος
toû phōnḗmatos		 τοῖν φωνημᾰ́τοιν
toîn phōnēmátoin		 τῶν φωνημᾰ́των
tôn phōnēmátōn
Dative τῷ φωνήμᾰτῐ
tôi phōnḗmati		 τοῖν φωνημᾰ́τοιν
toîn phōnēmátoin		 τοῖς φωνήμᾰσῐ / φωνήμᾰσῐν
toîs phōnḗmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ φώνημᾰ
tò phṓnēma		 τὼ φωνήμᾰτε
tṑ phōnḗmate		 τᾰ̀ φωνήμᾰτᾰ
tà phōnḗmata
Vocative φώνημᾰ
phṓnēma		 φωνήμᾰτε
phōnḗmate		 φωνήμᾰτᾰ
phōnḗmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: φώνημα (fónima)

References

Greek

Etymology

A reborrowing from French phonème (“phoneme”), from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound made”, “utterance”; “thing spoken”, “speech”, “language”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfonima/
  • Hyphenation: φώ‧νη‧μα

Noun

φώνημα • (fónima) n (plural φωνήματα)

  1. (linguistics) phoneme

Declension
declension of φώνημα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φώνημα • φωνήματα •
genitive φωνήματος • φωνημάτων •
accusative φώνημα • φωνήματα •
vocative φώνημα • φωνήματα •
  • see: φωνή n (foní, “sound, voice”)

References
  1. φώνημα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

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