damast

From Middle Dutch damst, from Middle French damas or Italian damasto, named after Damascus, the Syrian city it originates from.

• IPA^(key): /daːˈmɑst/

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• Hyphenation: da‧mast
• Rhymes: -ɑst

damast n (plural damasten)

1. the fabric damask
2. a similarly decorative, 'floral' pattern, notably made on finely worked metal using mordant chemicals

• damasceren
• damassé (adjective)

• Negerhollands: damast
• → Indonesian: damas (“damask”)

damast (not comparable)

1. alternative form of damasten 'made of damask'

• smaadt

Borrowed from German Damast. Doublet of adamaszk, a form borrowed from Polish. Compare Silesian damast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mast/
• Rhymes: -amast
• Syllabification: da‧mast

damast m inan (related adjective damastòwi)

1. damask (an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus)

   Synonym: adamaszk

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “damast”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

From French damas, from Damas (“Damascus”), the Syrian city where it originates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdamast/

damast m inan

1. damask (fabric)

• damas

Borrowed from German Damast. Doublet of damaszek, a term inherited from Old Polish, from Ancient Greek. Compare Kashubian damast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mast/
• Rhymes: -amast
• Syllabification: da‧mast

damast m inan (related adjective damastowy)

1. damask (an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus)

   Synonym: damaszek

• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “adamaszek”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 15
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “damast”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 157