омут

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Russian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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о́мут (ómutm 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 vódjatsjaa placid exterior may conceal harmful intentions (more negative than “still waters run deep”)
  2. whirlpool
  3. slough
    толка́ть в о́мутtolkátʹ v ómuturge on to one's destruction

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “омут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress