solament

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌsɔ.ləˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌsɔ.ləˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌsɔ.laˈment]
• Rhymes: -ent

Adverb

solament

1. only

   Synonym: només

2. alone

Further reading

• “solament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “solament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “solament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “solament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

'lament, lament (ORB, broad) soulament (Old Beaujolais) selamin (Beaujolais) laman, lamè, lamin (Bressan) cholamin (Fribourgeois) slamên (Savoyard)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola (“alone”) +‎ -ment (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

solament (ORB, broad)

1. only, just

   Synonym: mâques

   • 1864 [1733–42], François Blanc, Grenoblo malhérou, Grenoble: Rahoult et Dardelet, page 74:

     D'y songié solament fat frissonna la chair.

     [D'y songiér solament fât fresenar la chèrn.]

     Just thinking about it makes one's flesh quiver.

References

• seulement in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• solament in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 837: “mi offrono solamente” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1229: “seulement” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sōlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 79

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan solament, from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

solament

1. only

   Synonyms: sonque, nonmàs

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 922.

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola +‎ -ment.

Adverb

solament

1. only