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Russian
Etymology
From о- (o-) + -мут (-mut), combining form of му́тный (mútnyj, “muddy, turbid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
о́мут • (ómut) m inan (genitive о́мута, nominative plural о́муты or омута́, genitive plural о́мутов or омуто́в)
- (underwater) pool, slough
- в ти́хом о́муте черти во́дятся ― v tíxom ómute čerti vódjatsja ― a placid exterior may conceal harmful intentions (more negative than “still waters run deep”)
- whirlpool
- slough
- толка́ть в о́мут ― tolkátʹ v ómut ― urge on to one's destruction
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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о́мут
ómut
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о́муты, омута́△
ómuty, omutá△
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| genitive
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о́мута
ómuta
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о́мутов, омуто́в
ómutov, omutóv
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| dative
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о́муту
ómutu
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о́мутам, омута́м
ómutam, omutám
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| accusative
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о́мут
ómut
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о́муты, омута́△
ómuty, omutá△
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| instrumental
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о́мутом
ómutom
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о́мутами, омута́ми
ómutami, omutámi
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| prepositional
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о́муте
ómute
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о́мутах, омута́х
ómutax, omutáx
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “омут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress