atrament
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 | |
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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