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

Etymology

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

Adverb

solament (ORB large)

1. only, just

   Synonym: mâques

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

     Faudra-to prendre fin entre la terra et l'air? / D'y songié solament fat frissonna la chair.

     [Fôdrat-o prendre fin entre la tèrra et l'êr? D'y songiér solament fât fresenar la chèrn.]

     Will it have to come to an end between the earth and the air? / Just thinking about it makes the flesh shiver.

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 (in German), 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