մուգ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A dialectal word, that has entered the literary language. Developed regularly from Old Armenian *մոյգ (*moyg) which is included in HHB as an Old Armenian word but whose place of attestation is unknown.[1] Usually said to be inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mowgʰo-, from the root *(s)mewg- (to smoke), with such cognates as Lithuanian smáugti, Proto-Slavic *smǫglъ, Proto-Germanic *smeukaną, Proto-West Germanic *smokōn, Old Armenian մուխ (mux).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Pronunciation

Adjective

մուգ (mug) (superlative ամենամուգ)

  1. (of color) dark, deep
    մուգ կապույտmug kapuytdark blue

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative մուգ (mug) մուգեր (muger)
dative մուգի (mugi) մուգերի (mugeri)
ablative մուգից (mugicʻ) մուգերից (mugericʻ)
instrumental մուգով (mugov) մուգերով (mugerov)
locative մուգում (mugum) մուգերում (mugerum)
definite forms
nominative մուգը/մուգն (mugə/mugn) մուգերը/մուգերն (mugerə/mugern)
dative մուգին (mugin) մուգերին (mugerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative մուգս (mugs) մուգերս (mugers)
dative մուգիս (mugis) մուգերիս (mugeris)
ablative մուգիցս (mugicʻs) մուգերիցս (mugericʻs)
instrumental մուգովս (mugovs) մուգերովս (mugerovs)
locative մուգումս (mugums) մուգերումս (mugerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative մուգդ (mugd) մուգերդ (mugerd)
dative մուգիդ (mugid) մուգերիդ (mugerid)
ablative մուգիցդ (mugicʻd) մուգերիցդ (mugericʻd)
instrumental մուգովդ (mugovd) մուգերովդ (mugerovd)
locative մուգումդ (mugumd) մուգերումդ (mugerumd)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: მუქი (muki)

References

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “մուգ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, marking as a dialectal archaism of unknown origin
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “մոյգ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 998b
  • Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “մօք”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 531c