amethyst

amethyst

See also: Amethyst

Amethyst (gemstone).

English

Etymology

From Middle English ametist, from Old French ametiste (French améthyste), from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μεθύω (methúō, “I am drunk”), from μέθυ (méthu, “wine”). The Greeks believed that the amethyst prevented intoxication.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.ə.θɪst/

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Noun

amethyst (plural amethysts)

1. A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

2. (uncountable) A purple colour.

   amethyst:  

3. (heraldry) The tincture purpure, when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.

Derived terms

• amethyst deceiver
• amethyst gold
• amethystine

 

Translations

gem

Afrikaans: ametis Arabic: جمشت‎ Armenian: մեղեսիկ (hy) (mełesik), ամեթիստ (hy) (ametʿist) Bulgarian: аметист (bg) (ametist) Burmese: သီဟိုဠ်နီလာ (sihuilnila) Catalan: ametista (ca) f Cherokee: ᎠᎻᏘᏏ (amitisi) Chinese: Cantonese: 紫水晶 (zi2 seoi2 zing1) Hakka: 紫水晶 (chṳ́-súi-chîn) Mandarin: 紫水晶 (zh) (zǐshuǐjīng) Czech: ametyst (cs) m Danish: ametyst (da) c Dutch: amethist (nl) m Esperanto: ametisto Estonian: ametüst Finnish: ametisti (fi) French: améthyste (fr) f Galician: ametista (gl) f Georgian: ამეთვისტო (ametvisṭo) German: Amethyst (de) m Greek: αμέθυστος (el) m (améthystos) Ancient: ἀμέθυστος m (améthustos) Gujarati: એમિથિસ્ટ (emithisṭ) Hebrew: אַחְלָמָה‎ (he) f ('akhlamá) Hindi: अमेथिस्ट (amethisṭ), एमिथिस्ट m (emithisṭ) Hungarian: ametiszt (hu) Icelandic: ametýst n Irish: aimitis f Italian: ametista (it) f Japanese: 紫水晶 (むらさきずいしょう, murasakizuishō), アメシスト (ameshisuto) Kannada: ಅಮೆಥಿಸ್ಟ್‌ (kn) (amethisṭ‌) Kazakh: күлгінтас (külgıntas), аметист (ametist) Korean: 자수정 (ko) (jasujeong) Latin: amethystus f Latvian: ametists m Malayalam: അമീഥിസ്റ്റ് (amīthisṟṟŭ) Malay: ametis, batu kecubung Maltese: ametist Maori: ametihita Persian: آمتیست‎ (āmetist), گمست‎ (fa) (gamast), کرکهان‎ (karkahān), کرکهن‎ (karkahan) Polish: ametyst (pl) m Portuguese: ametista (pt) f Romanian: ametist (ro) n Russian: амети́ст (ru) m (ametíst) Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: ametist (sh) m Slovene: ametíst (sl) m Spanish: amatista (es) f Swahili: amethisto Swedish: ametist (sv) c Tagalog: amatista (tl) Thai: เขี้ยวหนุมาน (th) (kîao-hà-nú-maan) Turkish: ametist (tr) sg, mortaş (tr) sg Ukrainian: амети́ст (uk) m (ametýst) Volapük: maetüt Welsh: amethyst m Zazaki: ametist

colour

Catalan: ametista (ca) m Cherokee: ᎠᎻᏘᏏ-ᏕᎭᎷᎨᎢ (amitisi-dehalugei) Chinese: Mandarin: 紫色 (zh) (zǐsè) Estonian: ametüst Finnish: ametistinvioletti Irish: aimitis f Japanese: 紫色 (ja) (むらさきいろ, murasakiiro) Malay: kecubung Russian: амети́стовый цвет m (ametístovyj cvet), фиоле́товый цвет m (fiolétovyj cvet) Spanish: amatista (es) f Swahili: rangi ya amethisto Zazaki: ametistane

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Lithuanian: (please verify) ametistas m (1); (please verify) ametistinė spalva f (2)

Adjective

amethyst (comparative more amethyst, superlative most amethyst)

1. Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

Translations

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 紫色的 (zǐsè de) Finnish: ametistinvioletti German: amethysten (de) Irish: aimitise Polish: ametystowy (pl), fioletowy (pl) Romanian: purpuriu (ro) Russian: аметистовый (ru) (ametistovyj) Volapük: maetütakölik

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Amethyst”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “amethyst”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

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Welsh

Etymology

From English amethyst.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈamɛθɨ̞sd/, [ˈamɛθɨ̞st]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈamɛθɪsd/, [ˈamɛθɪst]

Noun

amethyst m (plural amethystau)

1. amethyst

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amethyst	unchanged	unchanged	hamethyst
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amethyst”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies