παλάμη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *palámā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognates include Latin palma, Old Irish lám, Old English folm, and Albanian shpullë.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lá.mɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈla.me̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈla.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈla.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈla.mi/
Noun
πᾰλᾰ́μη • (pălắmē) f (genitive πᾰλᾰ́μης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰλᾰ́μη hē pălắmē |
τὼ πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ pălắmā |
αἱ πᾰλᾰ́μαι hai pălắmai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰλᾰ́μης tês pălắmēs |
τοῖν πᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn pălắmain |
τῶν πᾰλᾰμῶν tôn pălămôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰλᾰ́μῃ tēî pălắmēi |
τοῖν πᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn pălắmain |
ταῖς πᾰλᾰ́μαις taîs pălắmais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰλᾰ́μην tḕn pălắmēn |
τὼ πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ pălắmā |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰλᾰ́μᾱς tā̀s pălắmās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰλᾰ́μη pălắmē |
πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ pălắmā |
πᾰλᾰ́μαι pălắmai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πᾰλᾰ́μη pălắmē |
πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ pălắmā |
πᾰλᾰ́μαι pălắmai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | πᾰλᾰ́μης / πᾰλάμηφι / πᾰλάμηφιν pălắmēs / pălámēphi(n) |
πᾰλᾰ́μαιν / πᾰλᾰ́μαιῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃῐν pălắmai(ĭ)n / pălắmēiĭn |
πᾰλᾰμᾱ́ων / πᾰλᾰμέ͜ων / πᾰλᾰμῶν pălămā́ōn / pălămé͜ōn / pălămôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | πᾰλᾰ́μῃ / πᾰλάμηφι / πᾰλάμηφιν pălắmēi / pălámēphi(n) |
πᾰλᾰ́μαιν / πᾰλᾰ́μαιῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃῐν pălắmai(ĭ)n / pălắmēiĭn |
πᾰλᾰ́μῃσῐ / πᾰλᾰ́μῃσῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃς / πᾰλᾰ́μαις pălắmēisĭ(n) / pălắmēis / pălắmais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | πᾰλᾰ́μην pălắmēn |
πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ pălắmā |
πᾰλᾰ́μᾱς pălắmās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰλᾰ́μη pălắmē |
πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ pălắmā |
πᾰλᾰ́μαι pălắmai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “παλάμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παλάμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παλάμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παλάμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλάμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- παλάμη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Alternative forms
- απαλάμη f (apalámi) (colloquial)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē).
Noun
παλάμη • (palámi) f (plural παλάμες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παλάμη (palámi) | παλάμες (palámes) |
| genitive | παλάμης (palámis) | παλαμών (palamón) |
| accusative | παλάμη (palámi) | παλάμες (palámes) |
| vocative | παλάμη (palámi) | παλάμες (palámes) |
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- γροθιά f (grothiá, “fist”)
Related terms
- εν τη παλάμη και ούτω βοήσωμεν (en ti palámi kai oúto voḯsomen)
- το παράσημο της ανοιχτής παλάμης (to parásimo tis anoichtís palámis)