χάρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From χαίρω (khaírō, “rejoice”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰár.ma/ → /ˈxar.ma/ → /ˈxar.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰár.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰar.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ma/

Noun

χάρμᾰ • (khármă) n (genitive χάρμᾰτος); third declension

1. source of joy, delight
2. joy, delight

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χᾰ́ρμᾰ; τοῦ χᾰ́ρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰ́ρμᾰ tò khắrmă	τὼ χᾰ́ρμᾰτε tṑ khắrmăte	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ tằ khắrmătă
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰ́ρμᾰτος toû khắrmătos	τοῖν χᾰρμᾰ́τοιν toîn khărmắtoin	τῶν χᾰρμᾰ́των tôn khărmắtōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰ́ρμᾰτῐ tōî khắrmătĭ	τοῖν χᾰρμᾰ́τοιν toîn khărmắtoin	τοῖς χᾰ́ρμᾰσῐ / χᾰ́ρμᾰσῐν toîs khắrmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χᾰ́ρμᾰ tò khắrmă	τὼ χᾰ́ρμᾰτε tṑ khắrmăte	τᾰ̀ χᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ tằ khắrmătă
Vocative	χᾰ́ρμᾰ khắrmă	χᾰ́ρμᾰτε khắrmăte	χᾰ́ρμᾰτᾰ khắrmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “χάρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χάρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χάρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χάρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χάρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χάρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • delight idem, page 208.
  • ecstasy idem, page 261.
  • enjoyment idem, page 275.
  • entrancement idem, page 278.
  • exhilaration idem, page 291.
  • exultation idem, page 299.
  • gladness idem, page 361.
  • glee idem, page 361.
  • joy idem, page 464.
  • merriment idem, page 526.
  • mirth idem, page 532.
  • pleasure idem, page 620.
  • rapture idem, page 672.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰár.maː/ → /ˈxar.ma/ → /ˈxar.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰár.maː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰar.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.ma/

Noun

χάρμᾱ • (khármā)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of χάρμη (khármē)