βασίλεμα
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek βασίλεμα (basílema), synchronically analyzed as βασιλεύω (vasilévo, “to reign; (of the sun) to set”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaˈsi.le.ma/
Noun
βασίλεμα • (vasílema) n (plural βασιλέματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βασίλεμα (vasílema) | βασιλέματα (vasilémata) |
| genitive | βασιλέματος (vasilématos) | βασιλεμάτων (vasilemáton) |
| accusative | βασίλεμα (vasílema) | βασιλέματα (vasilémata) |
| vocative | βασίλεμα (vasílema) | βασιλέματα (vasilémata) |
Derived terms
- ηλιοβασίλεμα (iliovasílema, “sunset”)
Further reading
- βασίλεμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language