Fromβλᾰ́σφημος(blắsphēmos,“blasphemous”) +‎-ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā).

βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ• (blăsphēmĭ́ā) f (genitiveβλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς);first declension

1. word of evilomen, profanespeech

   Antonym:εὐφημῐ́ᾱ(euphēmĭ́ā)

2. defamation,slander,libel
3. blasphemy,irreverent speech againstGod

• → Latin:blasphēmia (see there for further descendants)

• “βλασφημία”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλασφημία”, inLiddell & Scott (1889),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλασφημία inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλασφημία in theDiccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

• βλαστήμια(vlastímia)

From the roots*blas-,*mlas- from Proto-Indo-European*mel-(“to deceive”) +φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

βλασφημία• (vlasfimía) f

1. blasphemy

• βλάσφημος(vlásfimos)
• βλασφημώ(vlasfimó)

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