κάλμα

Greek

Etymology

Twice-borrowed word from Italian calma from Late Latin cauma from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, heat) (the heat being felt in calm, hot weather)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ma/
  • Hyphenation: κάλ‧μα

Noun

κάλμα • (kálmaf (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) calm seas, dead calm
    Synonyms: άπνοια (ápnoia), νηνεμία (ninemía)

Declension

Declension of κάλμα
singular
nominative κάλμα (kálma)
genitive κάλμας (kálmas)
accusative κάλμα (kálma)
vocative κάλμα (kálma)

Further reading

Interjection

κάλμα • (kálma)

  1. calm down!

Verb

κάλμα • (kálma)

  1. second-person singular imperfective imperative of καλμάρω (kalmáro)
  2. second-person singular perfective imperative of καλμάρω (kalmáro)

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ κάλμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language