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 во́дятся ― v tíxom ómute čerti vódjatsja ― still waters run deep
  2. whirlpool
  3. slough
    толка́ть в о́мут ― tolkátʹ v ómut ― urge on to one's destruction

Declension
Declension of о́мут (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a/c irreg) 
singular plural
nominative о́мут
ómut		 о́муты, омута́△
ómuty, omutá△
genitive о́мута
ómuta		 о́мутов, омуто́в
ómutov, omutóv
dative о́муту
ómutu		 о́мутам, омута́м
ómutam, omutám
accusative о́мут
ómut		 о́муты, омута́△
ómuty, omutá△
instrumental о́мутом
ómutom		 о́мутами, омута́ми
ómutami, omutámi
prepositional о́муте
ómute		 о́мутах, омута́х
ómutax, omutáx

△ Irregular.

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