amyl
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Etymology edit
From Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”) from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.mɪl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æmɪl
Noun edit
amyl (plural amyls)
- (dated, organic chemistry) Synonym of pentyl
- (informal) Ellipsis of amyl nitrite.
- 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 4:
- We had two bags of grass, 75 pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers. . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
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amyl (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to starch
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Middle Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *aml, from Latin amplus (“large, spacious”).
Pronunciation edit
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amyl
Descendants edit
- Welsh: aml
Mutation edit
Middle Welsh mutation | |||
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Radical | Soft | Nasal | H-prothesis |
amyl | unchanged | unchanged | hamyl |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aml”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”). First attested in 1857.[1]
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amyl m inan
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Declension of amyl
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- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “amyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[2]
- amyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego