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calma

See also: Calma, calmá, calmà, čalma, and çalma

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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From Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, but this is uncertain.

Noun

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calma f (plural calmes)

  1. calm (lack of action)
  2. calm (lack of anxiety or stress)
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Etymology 2

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Of pre-Roman origin.

Noun

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calma f (plural calmes)

  1. a high treeless plateau
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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calma

  1. inflection of calmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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French

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calma

  1. third-person singular past historic of calmer

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkalma/ [ˈkɑl.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -alma
  • Hyphenation: cal‧ma

Noun

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calma f (uncountable)

  1. calm, especially of the sea or sky
  2. stillness
  3. peace, quietude
    Synonyms: paz, serenidade, tranquilidade
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Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkal̪ˠəmˠə/, /ˈkalˠəmˠə/[1]

Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish calma (“strong; brave, valiant”).[2]

Adjective

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calma

  1. stalwart; brave, strong
  2. fine, splendid
Declension
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Declension of calma
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative calma chalma calma;
chalma2
vocative chalma calma
genitive calma calma calma
dative calma;
chalma1 		chalma calma;
chalma2
Comparative níos calma
Superlative is calma

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English calme, from Middle French calme, from Old Italian calma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma). Compare French calme, English calm.

Adjective

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calma

  1. calm
Declension
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Declension of calma
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative calma chalma calma;
chalma2
vocative chalma calma
genitive calma calma calma
dative calma;
chalma1 		chalma calma;
chalma2
Comparative níos calma
Superlative is calma

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

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calma m (genitive singular calma)

  1. Alternative form of calm (“calm”)
Declension
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Declension of calma (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative calma
vocative a chalma
genitive calma
dative calma
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an calma
genitive an chalma
dative leis an gcalma
don chalma

Mutation

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Mutated forms of calma
radical lenition eclipsis
calma chalma gcalma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 53
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 calma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ma/
  • Rhymes: -alma
  • Hyphenation: càl‧ma

Etymology 1

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Origin uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, heat of the sun”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).

Noun

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calma f (plural calme)

  1. calm, stillness, peacefulness
  2. tranquility, peace and quiet
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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calma f sg

  1. feminine singular of calmo

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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calma

  1. inflection of calmare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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calma

  1. strong
  2. brave, valiant

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: calma
  • Scottish Gaelic: calma

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calma f

  1. strength; bravery, deeds of valour

Inflection

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Mutation

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Mutation of calma
radical lenition nasalization
calma chalma calma
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.mɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.mɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.ma/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ma]

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). Possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, although the word was found in Ibero-Romance as early as in Italian.

Noun

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calma f (plural calmas)

  1. calm
  2. tranquility
  3. (obsolete, literature) heat produced by the sun

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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calma

  1. feminine singular of calmo

Etymology 3

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Verb

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calma

  1. inflection of calmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French calmer.

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Verb

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a calma (third-person singular present calmează, past participle calmat) 1st conj.

  1. to calm
  2. (reflexive) to calm oneself, calm down, settle down

Conjugation

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    conjugation of calma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a calma
gerund calmând
past participle calmat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present calmez calmezi calmează calmăm calmați calmează
imperfect calmam calmai calma calmam calmați calmau
simple perfect calmai calmași calmă calmarăm calmarăți calmară
pluperfect calmasem calmaseși calmase calmaserăm calmaserăți calmaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să calmez să calmezi să calmeze să calmăm să calmați să calmeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative calmează calmați
negative nu calma nu calmați

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish calma (“strong; brave, valiant”).

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Adjective

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calma

  1. brave, stout, daring, resolute, strong
  2. thickset, brawny, robust

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “calma”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 calma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), through Late Latin cauma. Possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, although the word was found in Ibero-Romance as early as in Italian.

Noun

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calma f (plural calmas)

  1. calm, stillness, peacefulness
  2. tranquility, peace and quiet
    Synonym: tranquilidad
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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calma

  1. feminine singular of calmo

Verb

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calma

  1. inflection of calmar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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