amarant

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

amarant (plural amarants)

  1. Obsolete form of amaranth.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 351–357:
      With ſolemn adoration down they [the angels] caſt
      Thir Crowns inwove with Amarant and Gold;
      Immortal Amarant, a Flour which once
      In Paradiſe, faſt by the Tree of Life
      Began to bloom, but ſoon for mans offence
      To Heav'n remov'd where firſt it grew, there grows,
      And flours aloft ſhading the Fount of Life, […]
    • 1760, [James] Scott, Heaven: A Vision, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, printer to the University, for W. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer;  […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 8:
      Thouſands of flow'rs their ſilken webs unfold, / Amarants, immortal amarants ariſe, / Theſe beaming bright with vegetable gold, / And theſe with azure, theſe with Tyrian dyes; […]
    • 1989, Heinz Brücher, “Farinaceous Plants”, in Useful Plants of Neotropical Origin and Their Wild Relatives, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, section 1 (Amaranthus spp.), page 54:
      Such vegetable amarants have a fair content of protein and are rich in Vitamins A and C, as well as in minerals; but they contain also slight amounts of anti-nutritional factors, especially oxalates and nitrates. These leaf-producing amarants are adapted to many different ecological environments.

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).

Noun

amarant m (plural amarants)

  1. amaranth (herb of the genus Amaranthus)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amarant

  1. gerund of amarar

Further reading

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

amarant m inan

  1. amaranth
  2. purpleheart

Declension

Declension of amarant (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative amarant amaranty
genitive amarantu amarantů
dative amarantu amarantům
accusative amarant amaranty
vocative amarante amaranty
locative amarantu amarantech
instrumental amarantem amaranty

Noun

Amarant

amarant m anim

  1. firefinch

Declension

Declension of amarant (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative amarant amaranti
genitive amaranta amarantů
dative amarantovi, amarantu amarantům
accusative amaranta amaranty
vocative amarante amaranti
locative amarantovi, amarantu amarantech
instrumental amarantem amaranty

Further reading

  • “amarant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “amarant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “amarant”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

amarant m (plural amaranten, diminutive amarantje n)

  1. amaranth, plant of genus Amaranthus
    Hypernym: amarantenfamilie

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

amārant

  1. third-person plural pluperfect active indicative of amō

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English amaranth. Possibly borrowed from German Amarant or French amarante, ultimately from Latin amarantus,[1][2] from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).[3] First attested in 1620.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈma.rant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arant
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧rant

Noun

amarant m inan

  1. amaranth (any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus, especially Amaranthus cruentus) [from 17th c.][4]
    Hypernym: szarłat
  2. amaranth (colour) [from 18th c.][4]
    amarant:  
  3. amaranth (dye)

Declension

Declension of amarant
singular plural
nominative amarant amaranty
genitive amarantu amarantów
dative amarantowi amarantom
accusative amarant amaranty
instrumental amarantem amarantami
locative amarancie amarantach
vocative amarancie amaranty

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
noun

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amarant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amarant”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amarant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.08.2022) “AMARANT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amarantus.

Noun

amarant m (plural amaranți)

  1. amaranth

Declension

Declension of amarant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) amarant amarantul (niște) amaranți amaranții
genitive/dative (unui) amarant amarantului (unor) amaranți amaranților
vocative amarantule amaranților

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amaràːnt/, /amaráːnt/

Noun

amarānt m inan

  1. amaranth
    Synonym: ščír

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. amaránt
gen. sing. amaránta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		amaránt amaránta amaránti
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		amaránta amarántov amarántov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		amarántu amarántoma amarántom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		amaránt amaránta amaránte
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		amarántu amarántih amarántih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		amarántom amarántoma amaránti

Further reading

  • “amarant”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “amarant”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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