միթամ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• մթամ (mtʻam)
• մթոմ (mtʻom)

Etymology

From Georgian მითამ (mitam). The resemblance to միթե (mitʻe) is coincidental.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /miˈtʰɑm/, [mitʰɑ́m]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /miˈtɑm/, [mitʰɑ́m]

Particle

միթամ • (mitʻam)

1. (dialectal, colloquial) as if, as though

   նենց ես նայում, միթամ չես հասկանում ― nencʻ es nayum, mitʻam čʻes haskanum ― you look as if you don't understand

   մթամ թե ― mtʻam tʻe ― allegedly, ostensibly; supposedly

Synonyms

• իբր (ibr), իբր թե (ibr tʻe)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “միթէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press