"θέμα" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθema/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (thémă). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|θέμᾰ}} Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (thémă) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|θέματα|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} θέμα • (théma) n (plural θέματα), {{el-noun|n|θέματα}} θέμα • (théma) n (plural θέματα) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|θέμα|θέματα|θέματος|θεμάτων|θέμα|θέματα|θέμα|θέματα|note=}} Forms: théma [romanization], θέματα [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], θέμα [nominative, singular], θέματα [nominative, plural], θέματος [genitive, singular], θεμάτων [genitive, plural], θέμα [accusative, singular], θέματα [accusative, plural], θέμα [singular, vocative], θέματα [plural, vocative]
  1. subject, main topic (of conversation, etc)
    Sense id: en-θέμα-el-noun-udHdgCLh
  2. affair
    Sense id: en-θέμα-el-noun-dckp6wSn
  3. (music) theme
    Sense id: en-θέμα-el-noun-PLggHn~x Categories (other): Music, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα' Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 45 23 15 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα': 21 7 32 18 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (linguistics) stem
    Sense id: en-θέμα-el-noun-kZoR-UgJ Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. theme, the regional unit of government of the Byzantine empire.
    Sense id: en-θέμα-el-noun-8sD1g3Kq Categories (other): Byzantine Empire Disambiguation of Byzantine Empire: 5 4 10 5 76

Inflected forms

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}

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