ψάλμα in Ancient Greek

IPA: /psál.ma/, /ˈpsal.ma/, /ˈpsal.ma/, /psál.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpsal.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpsal.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpsal.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpsal.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ψάλλω|-μα|t1=to pluck, twitch}} ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck, twitch”) + -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ψάλμᾰτος|n|third|head=ψάλμᾰ}} ψάλμᾰ • (psálmă) n (genitive ψάλμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ψάλμᾰ|ψάλμᾰτος}} Forms: ψάλμᾰ [canonical], psálmă [romanization], ψάλμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ [nominative, singular], ψᾰ́λμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ψᾰ́λμᾰτος [genitive, singular], ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], ψᾰλμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ ψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], ψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], ψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs psắlmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs psắlmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ψᾰ́λμᾰ [accusative, singular], ψᾰ́λμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], ψᾰ́λμᾰ [singular, vocative], ψᾰ́λμᾰτε [dual, vocative], ψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]

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"ψάλμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun