κάλυμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover, to conceal”) ‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.lym.ma/ → /ˈka.lym.ma/ → /ˈka.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.lym.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lym.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lym.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lym.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.ma/

Noun

κάλυμμᾰ • (kálumma) n (genitive καλύμμᾰτος); third declension

1. A head covering, a hood, a veil
2. A fishing net shaped like a sack
3. (anatomy) A skull (as the brain's covering)
4. A grave
5. (zoology) The covering of the gills of fish
6. The covering of honeycomb
7. The shell of fruits
8. A shutter

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κάλυμμᾰ; τοῦ καλύμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κάλυμμᾰ tò kálumma	τὼ καλύμμᾰτε tṑ kalúmmate	τᾰ̀ καλύμμᾰτᾰ tà kalúmmata
Genitive	τοῦ καλύμμᾰτος toû kalúmmatos	τοῖν καλυμμᾰ́τοιν toîn kalummátoin	τῶν καλυμμᾰ́των tôn kalummátōn
Dative	τῷ καλύμμᾰτῐ tôi kalúmmati	τοῖν καλυμμᾰ́τοιν toîn kalummátoin	τοῖς καλύμμᾰσῐ / καλύμμᾰσῐν toîs kalúmmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κάλυμμᾰ tò kálumma	τὼ καλύμμᾰτε tṑ kalúmmate	τᾰ̀ καλύμμᾰτᾰ tà kalúmmata
Vocative	κάλυμμᾰ kálumma	καλύμμᾰτε kalúmmate	καλύμμᾰτᾰ kalúmmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Aramaic: גלימא (galīmā)
• → Persian: گلیم (gelim)
  • → Bashkir: келәм (keləm)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: गिलीम (gilīm)

    Urdu: گلیم (gilīm)

    • → Kazakh: кілем (kılem)
    • → Khalaj: gelîm
    • → Kyrgyz: килем (kilem)
    • → Uzbek: gilam
    • → Ottoman Turkish: كلیم (kilim, “carpet, rug”)
      • Turkish: kilim
      • → Albanian: qilim, qylym
      • → Armenian: քիլիմ (kʻilim)
      • → Arabic: كِلِيم (kilīm)
      • → Belarusian: кілі́м (kilím)
        • → Lithuanian: kilimas
      • → Bulgarian: кили́м (kilím)
      • → Greek: κιλίμι (kilími)
      • → Macedonian: ќилим (ḱilim)
      • → Pannonian Rusyn: килим (kilim)
      • → Romanian: chilim
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: ћѝлим

        Latin script: ćìlim

      • → Ukrainian: ки́лим (kýlym)

  References

  Further reading

  • “κάλυμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κάλυμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

  Greek

  Pronunciation

  • IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.ma/
  • Hyphenation: κά‧λυμ‧μα

  Noun

  κάλυμμα • (kálymma) n (plural καλύμματα)

  1. cover, hood, lid, cap

  Declension

  	singular	plural
  nominative	κάλυμμα (kálymma)	καλύμματα (kalýmmata)
  genitive	καλύμματος (kalýmmatos)	καλυμμάτων (kalymmáton)
  accusative	κάλυμμα (kálymma)	καλύμματα (kalýmmata)
  vocative	κάλυμμα (kálymma)	καλύμματα (kalýmmata)