ramota

See also: ramotą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian грамота (hramota), from Ancient Greek γράμματα (grámmata). Doublet of gramota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈmɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: ra‧mo‧ta

Noun

ramota f (diminutive ramotka)

1. (derogatory, film, literary, literature) tripe (low quality novel, play, or movie)

   Synonym: szmira

2. (dated) short satirical and humorous work, popularised in the 19th century (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
3. (historical) Alternative spelling of gramota

Declension

Declension of ramota

	singular	plural
nominative	ramota	ramoty
genitive	ramoty	ramot
dative	ramocie	ramotom
accusative	ramotę	ramoty
instrumental	ramotą	ramotami
locative	ramocie	ramotach
vocative	ramoto	ramoty

Derived terms

adjective

• ramotowaty

 

References

• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.06.2015) “RAMOTA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

• ramota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego/ramota on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl