# մութ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian մութ (mutʻ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /mutʰ/, [mutʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /mut/, [mutʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Adjective

մութ • (mutʻ) (superlative ամենամութ)
* dark; unlit
    Synonym: խավար (xavar)
    մութ անկյուն ― mutʻ ankyun ― a hidden place cut off from life and the world
    մութն ընկնել ― mutʻn ənknel ― to get dark, to become evening
    մութը կոխել / մութը գետինն առնել ― mutʻə koxel / mutʻə getinn aṙnel ― to grow dark, to become night
    մութ մառան ― mutʻ maṙan ― stomach, belly
    մութն ու լուսին / մութն ու լուսուն ― mutʻn u lusin / mutʻn u lusun ― twilight, between night and day
    մթնով ― mtʻnov ― time of darkness, dark times
* (figuratively) incomprehensible, unknowable; doubtful, uncertain
* (figuratively) gloomy, dismal, glum

#### Declension
### Noun

մութ • (mutʻ)
* darkness

#### Declension
### Usage notes

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

### Derived terms

* մթնշաղ (mtʻnšaġ)
* մթնոլորտ (mtʻnolort)
* մութ միգամածություն (mutʻ migamacutʻyun)

### Related terms

* մթնել (mtʻnel)

### 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

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* մութն (mutʻn)

### Etymology

Of unclear 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”). 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-.
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).

### Noun

մութ • (mutʻ)
* darkness

#### Declension
### Adjective

մութ • (mutʻ)
* dark

#### Derived terms

* խաւարամութ (xawaramutʻ)
* խորամթին (xoramtʻin)
* մառախղամութ (maṙaxłamutʻ)
* մթագին (mtʻagin)
* մթագնիմ (mtʻagnim)
* մթագոյն (mtʻagoyn)
* մթազգած (mtʻazgac)
* մթազգածութիւն (mtʻazgacutʻiwn)
* մթախառն (mtʻaxaṙn)
* մթանամ (mtʻanam)
* մթապատ (mtʻapat)
* մթապատիմ (mtʻapatim)
* մթատեսակ (mtʻatesak)
* մթար (mtʻar)
* մթարագոյն (mtʻaragoyn)
* մթարութիւն (mtʻarutʻiwn)
* մթացուցանեմ (mtʻacʻucʻanem)
* մթացուցիչ (mtʻacʻucʻičʻ)
* մթաւորական (mtʻaworakan)
* մթեր (mtʻer)
* մթին (mtʻin)
* մթինակ (mtʻinak)
* մթնագոյն (mtʻnagoyn)
* մթնակերպ (mtʻnakerp)
* մթնանամ (mtʻnanam)
* մթնիմ (mtʻnim)
* մթութիւն (mtʻutʻiwn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: մութ (mutʻ)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 351a–352a
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “մութ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 536b
* ↑ “ˁmwṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 41
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 715

### 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