"-μα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See -μα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ma/, /ma/, /ma/, /ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *-mə, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, with -ματ- (-mat-) from Proto-Hellenic *-mət-, from *-mn̥-to- (seen in Latin -mentum). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*-mn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, {{m|grc||-ματ-}} -ματ- (-mat-), {{m|ine-pro|*-mn̥-to-}} *-mn̥-to-, {{m|la|-mentum}} -mentum Head templates: {{grc-noun|-μᾰ|-μᾰτος|n|third}} -μᾰ • (-ma) n (genitive -μᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|-μᾰ|-μᾰτος}} Forms: -μᾰ [canonical], -ma [romanization], -μᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], -μᾰ [nominative, singular], -μᾰτε [dual, nominative], -μᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], -μᾰτος [genitive, singular], -μᾰτοιν [dual, genitive], -μᾰτων [genitive, plural], -μᾰτῐ [dative, singular], -μᾰτοιν [dative, dual], -μᾰσῐ [dative, plural], -μᾰσῐν [dative, plural], -masi [dative, plural], -masin [dative, plural], -μᾰ [accusative, singular], -μᾰτε [accusative, dual], -μᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], -μᾰ [singular, vocative], -μᾰτε [dual, vocative], -μᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. Added to verbal stems to form neuter nouns denoting the effect or result of an action, a particular instance of an action, or the object of an action Tags: morpheme

Download JSON data for -μα meaning in Ancient Greek (5.2kB)

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      "ipa": "/ma/"
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      "ipa": "/ma/"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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