ψαλμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψάλλω (psállō, “to twitch”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (genitive ψαλμοῦ); second declension

  1. twitching or twanging with the fingers
  2. sound of the cithara or harp
  3. (music) song sung to the harp, psalm

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ψαλμός; τοῦ ψαλμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ψαλμός
ho psalmós		 τὼ ψαλμώ
tṑ psalmṓ		 οἱ ψαλμοί
hoi psalmoí
Genitive τοῦ ψαλμοῦ
toû psalmoû		 τοῖν ψαλμοῖν
toîn psalmoîn		 τῶν ψαλμῶν
tôn psalmôn
Dative τῷ ψαλμῷ
tôi psalmôi		 τοῖν ψαλμοῖν
toîn psalmoîn		 τοῖς ψαλμοῖς
toîs psalmoîs
Accusative τὸν ψαλμόν
tòn psalmón		 τὼ ψαλμώ
tṑ psalmṓ		 τοὺς ψαλμούς
toùs psalmoús
Vocative ψαλμέ
psalmé		 ψαλμώ
psalmṓ		 ψαλμοί
psalmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ψαλμίζω (psalmízō)
  • ψαλμολογέω (psalmologéō)
  • ψαλμοχαρής (psalmokharḗs)
  • ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
  • ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós)

Descendants
  • → Coptic: ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ (psalmos)
  • → Greek: ψαλμός (psalmós) (learned)
  • → Latin: psalmus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: սաղմոս (sałmos)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: ѱалъмъ (psalŭmŭ)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós), from ψάλλω (psállō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /psalˈmos/
  • Hyphenation: ψαλ‧μός

Noun

ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (plural ψαλμοί)

  1. (music, religion) psalm

Declension
declension of ψαλμός
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ψαλμός • ψαλμοί •
genitive ψαλμού • ψαλμών •
accusative ψαλμό • ψαλμούς •
vocative ψαλμέ • ψαλμοί •

Further reading
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