Etymology

Inherited from Old ArmenianCategory:Armenian terms inherited from Old Armenian#ՄՒԹCategory:Armenian terms derived from Old Armenian#ՄՒԹ մութ (mutʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /mutʰ/ [mutʰ]Category:Armenian terms with IPA pronunciation#ՄՒԹ
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /mut/ [mutʰ]Category:Armenian terms with IPA pronunciation#ՄՒԹ

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Adjective

մութ • (mutʻ) (superlative ամենամութ)Category:Armenian lemmas#ՄՒԹCategory:Armenian adjectives#ՄՒԹCategory:Armenian entries with incorrect language header#ՄՒԹCategory:Pages with entries#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ՄՈՒԹ

1. dark; unlit

   Synonym: խավար (xavar)

   մութ անկյուն ― mutʻ ankyun ― a hidden place cut off from life and the worldCategory:Armenian terms with usage examples#ՄՒԹ

   մութն ընկնել ― mutʻn ənknel ― to get dark, to become eveningCategory:Armenian terms with usage examples#ՄՒԹ

   մութը կոխել / մութը գետինն առնել ― mutʻə koxel / mutʻə getinn aṙnel ― to grow dark, to become nightCategory:Armenian terms with usage examples#ՄՒԹ

   մութ մառան ― mutʻ maṙan ― stomach, bellyCategory:Armenian terms with usage examples#ՄՒԹ

   մութն ու լուսին / մութն ու լուսուն ― mutʻn u lusin / mutʻn u lusun ― twilight, between night and dayCategory:Armenian terms with usage examples#ՄՒԹ

   մթնով ― mtʻnov ― time of darkness, dark timesCategory:Armenian terms with usage examples#ՄՒԹ

2. (figuratively) incomprehensible, unknowable; doubtful, uncertain
3. (figuratively) gloomy, dismal, glum

Noun

մութ • (mutʻ)Category:Armenian lemmas#ՄՒԹCategory:Armenian nouns#ՄՒԹCategory:Armenian entries with incorrect language header#ՄՒԹCategory:Pages with entries#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ՄՈՒԹ

1. darkness

Usage notes

Has the combining form մթն- (mtʻn-), e.g. in մթնոլորտ (mtʻnolort), reflecting Old Armenian մութն (mutʻn).

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References

• Aġayan, Ēduard (1976), “մութ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 1037c
• Gabamačean, Simon (1910), “մութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hayerēn Lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Constantinople: R. Sakayan press, page 953b
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944), “մութ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 361c
• Ter Xačʻaturean, Artašēs (1992), “մութ”, in Hayocʻ lezui nor baṙaran [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume II, Beirut: G. Doniguian & Fils, page 229a
• “մութ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 571b

Alternative forms

• մութն (mutʻn)

Etymology

Of unclearCategory:Old Armenian terms with unknown etymologies#ՄՈՒԹ origin.

Has been linked with Old Irish mothar (“dark”), German Moder and English mother, mud. Other possible cognates include Latin mūtus (“mute, silent”), Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to shut (one's eyes)”), Sanskrit मुदिर (mudira, “cloud”), मूत्र (mūtra, “urine”), Avestan 𐬨𐬏𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mūθra), ultimately all from Proto-Indo-European *muH-. Compare also Classical Syriac ܥܡܘܛ (ʕmwṭ /⁠ʕammūṭ⁠/, “dark, obscure”).^[1][2][3] Olsen considers these comparisons unplausible and proposes instead a connection with the word մուխ (mux, “smoke”), tentatively deriving it from the Proto-Indo-European past participle *(s)mukʰ-to-.^[4]

On the other hand, Martirosyan reckons that this word comes from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”), with the change *n → m apparently also seen in մագիլ (magil).^[5]

Noun

մութ • (mutʻ)Category:Old Armenian lemmas#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Old Armenian nouns#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Pages with entries#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ՄՈՒԹ

1. darkness

Adjective

մութ • (mutʻ)Category:Old Armenian lemmas#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Old Armenian adjectives#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Pages with entries#ՄՈՒԹCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ՄՈՒԹ

1. dark

References

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “մութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 299b
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006), “մութ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press, page 490b
• J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837), “մութ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1000b
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879), “մութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 485a