psalm
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English salm or psalme, from Old English psealm, later reinforced from Old French psalme (modern French psaume), both from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”) (from ψάλλω (psállō, “to make a sound by striking, touching, plucking, rubbing, twanging, or vibrating”)), but later in New Testament times the meaning of ψαλμός (psalmós) evolved from its Classical meaning of "a tune played to the harp" to a more general tune that could be played with any instrument; even a song sung with or without musical accompaniment. By the Byzantine Period, it lost all of its instrumental nuances.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɑːm/
- (US) IPA(key): /sɑm/, /sɑlm/, /sɔm/, /sɔlm/, (obsolete) /sæm/[1]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɑːlm, -ɔːlm
Noun
editpsalm (plural psalms)
- (religion, music) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
- One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
Derived terms
edit- psalmist
- psalmodic
- psalmody
- Psalms (name of the book of the Bible in which the psalms are collected)
- psalm-smiter
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Verb
editpsalm (third-person singular simple present psalms, present participle psalming, simple past and past participle psalmed)
- To extol in psalms; to make music; to sing
- to psalm his praises.
- 2012, George D. Manjounes, Good Morning, Morning Glory:
- I psalmed like a Moslem high in his mosque. And like a Greek priest, I sang the divine liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Translations
editReferences
edit- ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Psalm”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 37.
Anagrams
editDutch
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Noun
editpsalm m (plural psalmen, diminutive psalmpje n)
Descendants
editMiddle English
editNoun
editpsalm
- Alternative form of salm
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin psalmus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpsalm m inan (related adjective psalmowy)
- (music, religion) psalm (a sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God)
- (biblical) psalm (one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѱалъмъ (psalŭmŭ), from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós).
Noun
editpsalm m (plural psalmi)
Declension
editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish salmber, psalmber, from Old Norse salmr, psalmr, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emenating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”).
Noun
editpsalm c
Usage notes
edit- Denominations in Sweden outside of the Church of Sweden (e.g. baptists) have traditionally not used the word psalm, but rather visa, sång (song). Recent integrated hymnbooks are titled Psalmer och visor (1976) and Psalmer och Sånger (1987) to indicated that they cover both the Church of Sweden and other denominations.
Declension
editDeclension of psalm | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | psalm | psalmen | psalmer | psalmerna |
Genitive | psalms | psalmens | psalmers | psalmernas |
References
edit- psalm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- psalm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- psalm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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