atrament
English
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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: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Aragonese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- altrament (eastern and some central dialects)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Synchronically derivable from atra + -ment.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]atrament
Further reading
[edit]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][3] 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[2], number 50:
- Atramenth atramentum
- [Atrament atramentum]
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “atrament”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
- ^ 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, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “atrament”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish atrament.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]atrament m inan (related adjective atramentowy)
- ink (fluid used for writing) [from 17th c.][1]
- (Middle Polish, medicine) iron or tin medicinal compound
Declension
[edit]Declension of atrament
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | atrament | atramenty |
| genitive | atramentu | atramentów |
| dative | atramentowi | atramentom |
| accusative | atrament | atramenty |
| instrumental | atramentem | atramentami |
| locative | atramencie | atramentach |
| vocative | atramencie | atramenty |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]adverb
References
[edit]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]
- 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]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “atrament”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 69
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]atrament m inan (relational adjective atramentový)
- ink (the one used for writing with a pen or a quill)
Declension
[edit]| 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, 2003–2025
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