մութ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մութ (mutʿ).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [mutʰ]
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Adjective

մութ (mutʿ) (superlative ամենամութ)

  1. dark
    մութ անկյունmutʿ ankyuna hidden place cut off from life and the world
    մութն ընկնելmutʿn ənknelto get dark, to become evening
    մութը կոխել / մութը գետինն առնելmutʿə koxel / mutʿə getinn aṙnelto grow dark, to become night
    մութ մառանmutʿ maṙanstomach, belly
    մութն ու լուսին / մութն ու լուսունmutʿn u lusin / mutʿn u lusuntwilight, between night and day
    մթնովmtʿnovtime of darkness, dark times
  2. unlit
  3. foggy, hazy
  4. (figuratively) incomprehensible, unknowable
  5. doubtful, uncertain
  6. dusky, dim, bleak
  7. gloomy, dismal, glum
  8. black, blackish

Declension

Noun

մութ (mutʿ)

  1. darkness
  2. fog, haze

Usage notes

In compounds the word may retain its Old Armenian form մութն (mutʿn), e.g. մթնոլորտ (mtʿnolort).

Declension

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