омут

Russian

Etymology

From о- (o-) + -мут (-mut), combining form of му́тный (mútnyj, muddy, turbid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈomʊt]

Noun

о́мут (ómut) m inan (genitive о́мута, nominative plural о́муты or омута́, genitive plural о́мутов or омуто́в)

  1. (underwater) pool, slough
    в ти́хом о́муте черти во́дятсяv tíxom ómute čerti vódjatsjastill waters run deep
  2. whirlpool
  3. slough
    толка́ть в о́мутtolkátʹ v ómuturge on to one's destruction

Declension

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