κάλμα

Greek

Etymology

Twice-borrowed word from Italian calma from Late Latin cauma from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat”) (the heat being felt in calm, hot weather)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ma/
  • Hyphenation: κάλ‧μα

Noun

κάλμα • (kálma) f (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) calm seas, dead calm
    Synonyms: άπνοια (ápnoia), νηνεμία (ninemía)

Declension
  κάλμα
case     \     number singular
nominative κάλμα •
genitive κάλμας •
accusative κάλμα •
vocative κάλμα •

Further reading

Interjection

κάλμα • (kálma)

  1. calm down!

Verb

κάλμα • (kálma)

  1. 2nd person singular imperfective imperative form of καλμάρω (kalmáro).
  2. 2nd person singular perfective imperative form of καλμάρω (kalmáro).

Alternative forms

References
  1. κάλμα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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