λύμα

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “bathwater, offscouring”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ma/
• Hyphenation: λύ‧μα
• Homophones: λίμα (líma), λήμμα (límma)

λύμα • (lýma) n (plural λύματα)

1. wastewater

   διαχείριση αστικών λυμάτων ― diacheírisi astikón lymáton ― management of urban wastewater

• Note, that many compounds ending in -λυμα are related to the verb λύω (lýo, “untie; solve”), but not to λύμα (lýma).

• απόβλητα n pl (apóvlita, “waste”) (collective noun)

• λύμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language