մութ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian մութ (mutʻ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մութ (mutʻ) (superlative ամենամութ)

  1. dark
    մութ անկյունmutʻ ankyuna hidden place cut off from life and the world
    մութն ընկնելmutʻn ənknelto get dark, to become evening
    մութը կոխել / մութը գետինն առնելmutʻə koxel / mutʻə getinn aṙnelto grow dark, to become night
    մութ մառանmutʻ maṙanstomach, belly
    մութն ու լուսին / մութն ու լուսունmutʻn u lusin / mutʻn u lusuntwilight, between night and day
    մթնովmtʻnovtime 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 (mutʻ)

  1. darkness
  2. fog, haze

Usage notes

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

Declension