armânt

Forms

armânt n (uncountable)^[1] Scriban, in the spelling with î, gives the plurals armînturi, arminturi and arminte.^[2] MDA2 records a variant armint.^[3]

Etymology

According to Scriban and Wiktionary it is inherited from Latin armāmentum (“implements, equipment”), which is formed in Latin from armō (“to arm”) and -mentum.^[2][1] MDA2 marks its etymology as unknown.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Tudor Pamfile's collection of folk songs Cântece de țară of 1913, in the sense “armament”.^[3] Scriban calls the word old and found in his day only in folk poetry.^[2]

Timeline

• 1913 – armânt “armament” in Pamfile's Cântece de țară.^[3]
• 1939 – Scriban records it as an old word of folk poetry.^[2]

Meanings

Noun

1. (regional, obsolete) armament, weapons.^[3][2][1]

Usage notes

The 19th-century dictionaries have an armînt “herd of cattle”, plural armînturi: Hasdeu found it in Bobb's dictionary, derived it from Latin armentum and doubted that it was alive in speech, while Cihac accepted only the plural as a folk word.^[4] Damé also glosses armînt as “herd, cattle”.^[5]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1, 123
3. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 100
4. ^ Hasdeu, B. P. (1886–1898), Etymologicum Magnum Romaniae: dicționarul limbei istorice și poporane a românilor, 4 vols. (A–Bărbat), București: Socec, p. s.v. armînt
5. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État