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մունջ

մունջ

Armenian

Adjective

մունջ (munǰ) (superlative ամենամունջ)

  1. dumb, mute
  2. silent, speechless

Declension

Adverb

մունջ (munǰ)

  1. silently
    լուռ ու մունջluṙ u munǰ ― quietly, silently

Derived terms


Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian մունջ (munǰ).

Adjective

մունջ (munǰ)

  1. dumb, mute, silent, speechless

Derived terms

  • մնջանամ (mnǰanam)
  • մնջացնօղ (mnǰacʿnōł)
  • մնջնակ (mnǰnak)
  • մնջնաքար (mnǰnakʿar)
  • մնջութիւն (mnǰutʿiwn)

Descendants

References


Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, from Proto-Indo-European *munyo-, a thematization of *muni-; compare Sanskrit मुनि (muni, ecstatic person, ascetic, hermit (especially one who has taken the vow of silence)), Czech muňa (speechless, fool).

According to Ačaṙyan, from Proto-Indo-European *mundyo- and cognate with Ancient Greek μυνδός (mundós), μύδος (múdos), μυκός (mukós), μυττός (muttós, dumb), Latin mutus, Sanskrit मूक (mūka, dumb).

In any case probably ultimately going back to sound-symbolic *mū-. See also մրմունջ (mrmunǰ), մուռ (muṙ), մունչ (munčʿ).

Adjective

մունջ (munǰ)

  1. dumb, mute, silent, speechless
    մունջ առնելmunǰ aṙnel ― to strike dumb
    մունջ լինելmunǰ linel ― to be mute, to become dumb or speechless

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մունջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մունջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մունջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 486