σχίσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) and the suffix -μみゅーαあるふぁ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰíz.ma/ → /ˈsçiz.ma/ → /ˈsçiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skʰíz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈskʰiz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsçiz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsçiz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsçiz.ma/

Noun

σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ • (skhísma) n (genitive σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is divided: division, rent, split
2. A division of people based on differing opinions: schism, faction

Inflection

Third declension of τたうὸ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ; τたうοおみくろんῦ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τたうὸ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ tò skhísma	τたうὼ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうεいぷしろん tṑ skhísmate	τたうᾰ̀ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうᾰ tà skhísmata
Genitive	τたうοおみくろんῦ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτος toû skhísmatos	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー σしぐまχかいῐσしぐまμみゅーᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn skhismátoin	τたうῶνにゅー σしぐまχかいῐσしぐまμみゅーᾰ́τたうωおめがνにゅー tôn skhismátōn
Dative	τたうῷ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうῐ tôi skhísmati	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー σしぐまχかいῐσしぐまμみゅーᾰ́τたうοおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn skhismátoin	τたうοおみくろんῖς σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰσしぐまῐ / σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰσしぐまῐνにゅー toîs skhísmasi(n)
Accusative	τたうὸ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ tò skhísma	τたうὼ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうεいぷしろん tṑ skhísmate	τたうᾰ̀ σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうᾰ tà skhísmata
Vocative	σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰ skhísma	σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうεいぷしろん skhísmate	σしぐまχかいῐ́σしぐまμみゅーᾰτたうᾰ skhísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲥⲭⲓⲥⲙⲁ (skhisma)
• → Greek: σχίσμα (schísma)
• → Latin: schisma
  • Catalan: cisma
  • Old French: cisme
    • French: schisme
    • → Middle English: scisme, cisme, cissime, scysme, sisme, sysme
      • English: schism
      • Scots: schism
  • Portuguese: cisma
  • Spanish: cisma
  • → Catalan: schisma (learned)
  • → Czech: schizma, schisma (learned)
  • → English: schisma (learned)
  • → Italian: schisma (learned)
  • → Romanian: schismă (learned)
  • → Polish: schizma (learned)
  • → Spanish: schisma (learned)

Further reading

• “σχίσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σχίσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4978 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma) (Hellenisitic sense "division of ecclesiastical unity"), from verb σχίζω (skhízō), stem σしぐまχかいιいおたσしぐま- + -μみゅーαあるふぁ (-ma).
For sense "division of a group of political party" a semantic loan from French schisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsçi.zma/
• Hyphenation: σχί‧σしぐまμみゅーαあるふぁ

Noun

σχίσμα • (schísma) n (plural σχίσματα)

1. (Christianity) schism
2. split, rift, division (of a group or political party)

Declension

Declension of σχίσμα

	singular	plural
nominative	σχίσμα •	σχίσματα •
genitive	σχίσματος •	σχισμάτων •
accusative	σχίσμα •	σχίσματα •
vocative	σχίσμα •	σχίσματα •

Related terms

• αποσχίζω (aposchízo, “tear off”)
• απόσχιση f (apóschisi, “secession”)
• ξέσκισμα n (xéskisma) / ξέσχισμα n (xéschisma)
• σκισιματιά f (skisimatiá)
• σκίσιμο n (skísimo) / σχίσιμο n (schísimo)
• σχισμάδα f (schismáda) / σκισμάδα f (skismáda)
• σχισματικός (schismatikós)
• σχισμή f (schismí) / σκισμή f (skismí)

and see: σχίζω (schízo) / σκίζω (skízo, “tear”)

Further reading

• σχίσμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el