միթամ
Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Georgian მითამ (mitam). The resemblance to միթե (mitʻe) is coincidental.
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /miˈtʰam/ [miˈtʰɑm] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /miˈtam/ [miˈtʰɑm] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Particle edit
միթամ • (mitʻam)
- (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 edit
References edit
- 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