Noun: aymante
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Et aun a otra p̃priedat que el uidrio la obedece ⁊ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro. (And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:]
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Et purga el oro como dixiemos delas otras aymantes que an poder de purgar. (And it purges gold in the same way we said other magnets have the power to purge.) [c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 55r.:]
Nouns inflected like aymante
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin [Term?], ultimately from Latin adamās (“adamant”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “invincible”), reinforced by Old French aïmant. See: Latin Nouns '
adamās'.
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