ψαλμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψάλλω (psállō, “to twitch”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psal.mós/ → /psalˈmos/ → /psalˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psal.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/

Noun

ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (genitive ψαλμοῦ); second declension

1. twitching or twanging with the fingers
2. sound of the cithara or harp
3. (music) song sung to the harp, psalm

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψαλμός; τοῦ ψαλμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψαλμός ho psalmós	τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ	οἱ ψαλμοί hoi psalmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ψαλμοῦ toû psalmoû	τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn	τῶν ψαλμῶν tôn psalmôn
Dative	τῷ ψαλμῷ tôi psalmôi	τοῖν ψαλμοῖν toîn psalmoîn	τοῖς ψαλμοῖς toîs psalmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ψαλμόν tòn psalmón	τὼ ψαλμώ tṑ psalmṓ	τοὺς ψαλμούς toùs psalmoús
Vocative	ψαλμέ psalmé	ψαλμώ psalmṓ	ψαλμοί psalmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ψαλμίζω (psalmízō)
• ψαλμολογέω (psalmologéō)
• ψαλμοχαρής (psalmokharḗs)
• ψαλμῳδία (psalmōidía)
• ψαλμῳδός (psalmōidós)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲯⲁⲗⲙⲟⲥ (psalmos)
• → Greek: ψαλμός (psalmós) (learned)
• → Latin: psalmus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: սաղմոս (sałmos)
  • → Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕌𐕒𐕚 (salmos)
• → Old Church Slavonic: ѱалъмъ (psalŭmŭ)
  • → Russian: псало́м (psalóm), пса́льма (psálʹma)
  • → Ukrainian: псало́м (psalóm), пса́льма (psálʹma)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós), from ψάλλω (psállō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /psalˈmos/
• Hyphenation: ψαλ‧μός

Noun

ψαλμός • (psalmós) m (plural ψαλμοί)

1. (music, religion) psalm

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ψαλμός (psalmós)	ψαλμοί (psalmoí)
genitive	ψαλμού (psalmoú)	ψαλμών (psalmón)
accusative	ψαλμό (psalmó)	ψαλμούς (psalmoús)
vocative	ψαλμέ (psalmé)	ψαλμοί (psalmoí)

Related terms

• εξάψαλμος m (exápsalmos, “sequence of six psalms”)
• ψαλτήριο n (psaltírio, “psalter”)
• ψαλμωδία f (psalmodía)

• and see: ψάλλω (psállo, “I chant”)

Further reading

• ψαλμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• ψαλμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el