мамонт
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Russian
Alternative forms
- ма́монтъ (mámont) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- ма́мант (mámant) — archaic
- ма́мантъ (mámant) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), archaic
Etymology
Probably from a Uralic language, like Proto-Mansi *mē̮ŋ-ońt (“earth-horn”) (compare Northern Mansi ма̄ (mā, “earth”), а̄ньт (ānʹt, “horn”)) or Khanty. Compare Proto-Uralic *mëxe (“earth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́монт • (mámont) m anim (genitive ма́монта, nominative plural ма́монты, genitive plural ма́монтов, relational adjective ма́монтовый)
Declension
Declension of ма́монт (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- мамонтёнок m (mamontjónok)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: mamont
- → Armenian: մամոնտ (mamont)
- → Belarusian: ма́мант (mámant)
- → Bulgarian: маму́т (mamút)
- → Dutch: mammoet
- → English: mammoth
- → French: mammouth, mammout
- → Georgian: მამონტი (mamonṭi)
- → Kazakh: мамонт (mamont)
- → Kyrgyz: мамонт (mamont)
- → Macedonian: мамут (mamut)
- → Polish: mamut
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: mȃmut
- → Tajik: мамонт (mamont)
- → Ukrainian: ма́монт (mámont), ма́мут (mámut)
- → Turkmen: mamont
- → Uyghur: مامونت (mamont)
- → Uzbek: mamont
- → Yakut: мааман (maaman)
Further reading
- мамонт in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Russian ма́монт (mámont), from Uralic.
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́монт • (mámont) m animal (genitive ма́монта, nominative plural ма́монти, genitive plural ма́монтів, relational adjective ма́монтовий)
Declension
Declension of ма́монт (animal hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ма́монт mámont |
ма́монти mámonty |
| genitive | ма́монта mámonta |
ма́монтів mámontiv |
| dative | ма́монтові, ма́монту mámontovi, mámontu |
ма́монтам mámontam |
| accusative | ма́монта mámonta |
ма́монти, ма́монтів mámonty, mámontiv |
| instrumental | ма́монтом mámontom |
ма́монтами mámontamy |
| locative | ма́монтові, ма́монті mámontovi, mámonti |
ма́монтах mámontax |
| vocative | ма́монте mámonte |
ма́монти mámonty |
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мамонт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “мамонт”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)