ψαλμός
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- twitching or twanging with the fingers
- sound of the cithara or harp
- (music) song sung to the harp, psalm
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ψάλλω (twitch, pluck, touch sharply, pull).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ψάλλω
Gloss
twitch, pluck, touch sharply, pull
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- psallo Latin
- psalmicen Latin
- psalmus Latin
- salmo Italian
- salmo Spanish, Castilian
- ψάλλω Ancient Greek
- ψάλμα Ancient Greek
- ψαλμῳδός Ancient Greek
- ψαλτήριον Ancient Greek
- ᾠδή Ancient Greek
- salme Norwegian Bokmål
- psalm Swedish
- salme Norwegian Nynorsk
- psalm Old English
- psealm Old English
- salmr Old Norse
- salme Danish
- psalme Old French
- sálmur Icelandic
- ψαλμοί Greek (modern)
- psalmo Old High German
- psalms Latvian
- salm Old Irish
- sálmur Faroese
- psalënj Albanian
- 𐍀𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍉 Gothic
- salmo Old Portuguese
- ფსალმუნი Georgian
- ⲉⲣⲯⲁⲗⲓⲛ Coptic
- ψαλμοί grc-koi
- sálbma Pite Sami