միթամ

Armenian

Alternative forms

մթամ (mtʻam)
մթոմ (mtʻom)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /miˈtʰam/ [miˈtʰɑm] invalid IPA characters (//[])

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /miˈtam/ [miˈtʰɑm] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Particle

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

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

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