afanit

afanit

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Ancient Greek φαίνομαι (phaínomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs)der.
Polish -it
Polish afanit

    From Ancient Greek ἀφανής (aphanḗs) + Polish -it. First attested in 1827.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈfa.ɲit/
    • Rhymes: -aɲit
    • Syllabification: a‧fa‧nit

    Noun

    afanit m inan

    1. (geology, petrology) aphanite (certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye)

    Declension

    Declension of afanit
    singular plural
    nominative afanit afanity
    genitive afanitu afanitów
    dative afanitowi afanitom
    accusative afanit afanity
    instrumental afanitem afanitami
    locative afanicie afanitach
    vocative afanicie afanity

    Derived terms

    adjective

    References

    1. ^ Ignacy Jakowicki (1827), Wykład oryktognozyi i początków geognozyi‎[1] (in Polish), page 377

    Further reading

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English aphanite.

    Noun

    afanit n (uncountable)

    1. (geology, petrology) aphanite (certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye)

    Declension

    singular only indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative afanit afanitul
    genitive-dative afanit afanitului
    vocative afanitule

    References

    • afanit in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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