Masculine

amnis

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, masculine) Broad, deep flowing, rapid water; stream, torrent, river; ocean; liquid; current.
  2. (declension-3, figuratively, masculine) The flowing, flow or pouring out of a piece of writing.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈam.nɪs]
Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebʰ-n- (“river”), from the root *h₂ebʰ-, *h₂ep- (“water”). Compare Old Irish aub (“river”), Albanian amë (“river”).

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