մթար

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մթար (mtʻar).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մթար • (mtʻar) (superlative ամենամթար)

  1. dark

Declension

Noun

մթար • (mtʻar)

  1. filth, dirt

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մթեր (mtʻer) misspelling

Etymology

մութ (mutʻ) + -ար (-ar)

Adjective

մթար • (mtʻar)

  1. black, smutty

Declension

Noun

մթար • (mtʻar)

  1. blearedness
  2. filth, dirt

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: մթար (mtʻar) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մթար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մթար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մթար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ար”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
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