-μα

See also: μα, μά, and Appendix:Variations of "ma"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *-mə, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, with -ματ- (-mat-) from Proto-Hellenic *-mət-, from *-mn̥-to- (seen in Latin -mentum).

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-μᾰ • (-ma) n (genitive -μᾰτος); third declension

  1. Added to verbal stems to form neuter nouns denoting the effect or result of an action, a particular instance of an action, or the object of an action
    ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete”) → ἄθλημα (áthlēma, “contest”)
    ἀθύρω (athúrō, “play”) → ἄθυρμα (áthurma, “toy”)
    βδελύττομαι (bdelúttomai, “to feel nausea, to be sick”) → βδέλυγμα (bdélugma, “abomination”)
    γράφω (gráphō, “write”) → γράμμα (grámma, “that which is written, letter”)
    δέρω (dérō, “flay, skin”) → δέρμα (dérma, “skin”)
    ἐκπῑ́νω (ekpī́nō, “drink out”) → ἔκπωμα (ékpōma, “drinking-cup”)
    θεωρέω (theōréō, “observe”) → θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “observation, theorem”)
    μανθάνω (manthánō, “learn”) → μάθημα (máthēma, “lesson”)
    νοέω (noéō, “think”) → νόημα (nóēma, “thought”)
    ποιέω (poiéō, “make”) → ποίημα (poíēma, “poem, or in general something made”)
    σπείρω (speírō, “sow”) → σπέρμα (spérma, “that which is sown, seed”)
    σχίζω (skhízō, “divide”) → σχίσμα (skhísma, “that which is divided”)
    τέμνω (témnō, “cut”) → τμῆμα (tmêma, “section”)

Usage notes

Resulting nouns always have recessive accent.

Inflection
Third declension of -μᾰ; -μᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -μᾰ
-ma		 -μᾰτε
-mate		 -μᾰτᾰ
-mata
Genitive -μᾰτος
-matos		 -μᾰτοιν
-matoin		 -μᾰτων
-matōn
Dative -μᾰτῐ
-mati		 -μᾰτοιν
-matoin		 -μᾰσῐ / -μᾰσῐν
-masi(n)
Accusative -μᾰ
-ma		 -μᾰτε
-mate		 -μᾰτᾰ
-mata
Vocative -μᾰ
-ma		 -μᾰτε
-mate		 -μᾰτᾰ
-mata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα

References
  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 861
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from the Ancient Greek -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ma/

Suffix

-μα • (-ma) n

  1. added to a verb form to create gerund and action nouns:
    ‎καπνίζω (kapnízo, “to smoke”) + ‎-μα (-ma) → ‎κάπνισμα (kápnisma, “smoking”)
    ‎ζεσταίνω (zestaíno, “to heat up”) + ‎-μα (-ma) → ‎ζέσταμα (zéstama, “warming up”)
    ‎τελειώνω (teleióno, “to end”) + ‎-μα (-ma) → ‎τελείωμα (teleíoma, “ending”)
    ‎ανοίγω (anoígo, “to open”) + ‎-μα (-ma) → ‎άνοιγμα (ánoigma, “opening”)

Declension
declension of -μα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative -μα • -ματα •
genitive -ματος • -μάτων •
accusative -μα • -ματα •
vocative -μα • -ματα •

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • Category:Greek terms suffixed with -μα
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