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damast

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch damst, from Middle French damas or Italian damasto, named after Damascus, the Syrian city it originates from.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daːˈmɑst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧mast
  • Rhymes: -ɑst

Noun

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damast n (plural damasten)

  1. the fabric damask
  2. a similarly decorative, 'floral' pattern, notably made on finely worked metal using mordant chemicals

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: damast
  • Indonesian: damas (damask)

Adjective

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damast (not comparable)

  1. alternative form of damasten 'made of damask'

Declension

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Declension of damast
uninflected damast
inflected damaste
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial damast
indefinite m./f. sing. damaste
n. sing. damast
plural damaste
definite damaste
partitive damasts

Anagrams

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Damast. Doublet of adamaszk, a form borrowed from Polish. Compare Silesian damast.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈda.mast/
  • Rhymes: -amast
  • Syllabification: da‧mast

Noun

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damast m inan (related adjective damastòwi)

  1. damask (an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus)
    Synonym: adamaszk

Further reading

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  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “damast”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From German Damast.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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damast m inan

  1. damask (fabric)

Declension

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Silesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Damast. Doublet of damaszek, a term inherited from Old Polish, from Ancient Greek. Compare Kashubian damast.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈda.mast/
  • Rhymes: -amast
  • Syllabification: da‧mast

Noun

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damast m inan (related adjective damastowy)

  1. damask (an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus)
    Synonym: damaszek

Further reading

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  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “adamaszek”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 15
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “damast”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 157