միթամ

Armenian

Alternative forms

մթամ (mtʿam)
մթոմ (mtʿom)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [miˈtʰɑm]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [miˈtʰɑm]

Particle

միթամ • (mitʿam)

(dialectal, colloquial) as if, as though
նենց ես նայում, միթամ չես հասկանում ― nencʿ es nayum, mitʿam čʿes haskanum ― you look as if you don't understand

մթամ թե ― mtʿam tʿe ― allegedly, ostensibly; supposedly

Synonyms

իբր (ibr), իբր թե (ibr tʿe)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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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