baptisma

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bapˈtisma]
  • Rhymes: -isma
  • Hyphenation: bap‧tis‧ma

Adjective

baptisma (accusative singular baptisman, plural baptismaj, accusative plural baptismajn)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

Noun

baptisma n (genitive baptismatis); third declension

  1. ablution; a dipping or washing in water
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) baptism
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) The Flood as mentioned in Genesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative baptisma baptismata
Genitive baptismatis baptismatum
Dative baptismatī baptismatibus
Accusative baptisma baptismata
Ablative baptismate baptismatibus
Vocative baptisma baptismata

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: baptism
  • French: baptême, baptisme
  • Old Irish: baithis
  • Norman: bâptême (Jersey)

References

  • baptisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • baptisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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