atrament
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrament (countable and uncountable, plural atraments or atramenta)
- (archaic) Ink or an inklike substance.
- (figurative, rare) Any particularly black liquid substance.
- 1908, Théophile Gautier, “King Candaules”, in Lafcadio Hearn, transl., Stories, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, →OCLC, page 91:
- The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour.
- 1927, Reginald Wright Kauffman, “Pursuit” (chapter XXVIII), in Blind Man, New York: Duffield & Company, page 268:
- Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn.
- 1994, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Island of the Day Before, New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 158:
- Onyx flashed in her hair, and the delicate fabric that revealed, concealing, the outlines of her face and her body had the same silvery atrament of the stars.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “atrament, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin ātrāmentum.
Noun[edit]
atrament (plural atraments)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: atrament
References[edit]
- “atrament, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin ātrāmentum.[1][2] First attested in 1472.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrament m animacy unattested
- iron sulfate used for making ink
- 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 50:
- Atramenth atramentum
- [Atrament atramentum]
Descendants[edit]
- Polish: atrament
References[edit]
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “atrament”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “atrament”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Polish atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /aˈtra.mɛnt/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /aˈtra.mɛnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -amɛnt
- Syllabification: a‧tra‧ment
Noun[edit]
atrament m inan
- ink (fluid used for writing) [from 17th c.][3]
- (Middle Polish, medicine) iron or tin medicinal compound
Declension[edit]
Declension of atrament
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | atrament | atramenty |
genitive | atramentu | atramentów |
dative | atramentowi | atramentom |
accusative | atrament | atramenty |
instrumental | atramentem | atramentami |
locative | atramencie | atramentach |
vocative | atramencie | atramenty |
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
adverb
nouns
verb
References[edit]
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “atrament”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Danuta Lankiewicz (13.10.2014) “ATRAMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading[edit]
- atrament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- atrament in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “atrament”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[3]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 69
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atrament m inan (genitive singular atramentu, nominative plural atramenty, genitive plural atramentov, declension pattern of dub)
- ink (the one used for writing with a pen or a quill)
Declension[edit]
Declension of atrament
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | atrament | atramenty |
genitive | atramentu | atramentov |
dative | atramentu | atramentom |
accusative | atrament | atramenty |
locative | atramente | atramentoch |
instrumental | atramentom | atramentmi |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “atrament”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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