κάλυμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ά and υ by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

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

A head covering, a hood, a veil
A fishing net shaped like a sack
(anatomy) A skull (as the brain's covering)
A grave
(zoology) The covering of the gills of fish
The covering of honeycomb
The shell of fruits
A shutter

Inflection

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)
- → Hindi: गिलीम (gilīm)
- → Kazakh: кілем (kilem)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كلیم‎‎ (kilim)
  - → Turkish: kilim
  - → Arabic: كِلِيم‎ (kilīm)
- → Urdu: گلیم‎ (gilīm)