tetragram
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English
Alternative forms
- tetragramme (very rare)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tetragram (plural tetragrams)
- A group of four letters.
- In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.
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- (Tai Xuan Jing tetragrams): 𝌆, 𝌇, 𝌈, 𝌉, 𝌊, 𝌋, 𝌌, 𝌍, 𝌎, 𝌏, 𝌐, 𝌑, 𝌒, 𝌓, 𝌔, 𝌕, 𝌖, 𝌗, 𝌘, 𝌙, 𝌚, 𝌛, 𝌜, 𝌝, 𝌞, 𝌟, 𝌠, 𝌡, 𝌢, 𝌣, 𝌤, 𝌥, 𝌦, 𝌧, 𝌨, 𝌩, 𝌪, 𝌫, 𝌬, 𝌭, 𝌮, 𝌯, 𝌰, 𝌱, 𝌲, 𝌳, 𝌴, 𝌵, 𝌶, 𝌷, 𝌸, 𝌹, 𝌺, 𝌻, 𝌼, 𝌽, 𝌾, 𝌿, 𝍀, 𝍁, 𝍂, 𝍃, 𝍄, 𝍅, 𝍆, 𝍇, 𝍈, 𝍉, 𝍊, 𝍋, 𝍌, 𝍍, 𝍎, 𝍏, 𝍐, 𝍑, 𝍒, 𝍓, 𝍔, 𝍕, 𝍖
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τετραγράμματον (tetragrámmaton). By surface analysis, tetra- + -gram.
Pronunciation
Noun
tetragram m inan (related adjective tetragramowy)
- Tetragrammaton
- Synonyms: tetragramaton, tetragrammaton
- (linguistics) tetragram (group of four letters)
Declension
Declension of tetragram
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tetragram | tetragramy |
| genitive | tetragramu | tetragramów |
| dative | tetragramowi | tetragramom |
| accusative | tetragram | tetragramy |
| instrumental | tetragramem | tetragramami |
| locative | tetragramie | tetragramach |
| vocative | tetragramie | tetragramy |
Further reading
- tetragram in Polish dictionaries at PWN