ramota

See also: ramotą

Polish

Alternative forms

• rhamota, romota (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian гра́мота (hrámota), from Ancient Greek γράμματα (grámmata). Doublet of gramota. First attested in 1613.

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

(adjectives):

• ramotowaty

(nouns):

• ramociarz
• ramotkarz
• ramotnik

(verbs):

• ramotać impf

Further reading

• ramota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ramota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “ramota”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 473
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ramota”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna