mamut

See also: mamùt

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont), from a Uralic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈmut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈmut]
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)

1. mammoth

Derived terms

• mamut llanut

Further reading

& “mamut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamut]

Noun

mamut m anim

1. mammoth

Declension

Declension of mamut (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mamut	mamuti
genitive	mamuta	mamutů
dative	mamutovi, mamutu	mamutům
accusative	mamuta	mamuty
vocative	mamute	mamuti
locative	mamutovi, mamutu	mamutech
instrumental	mamutem	mamuty

Derived terms

• mamutí

 

Further reading

• “mamut”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mamut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

mamut

1. nominative plural of mamu

Anagrams

• ammut, tumma

Galician

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)

1. mammoth

Further reading

• “mamut”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• mammut (pre-1984)

Etymology

From German Mammut, from French mammouth, from an Uralic language, such as Proto-Mansi *mē̮ŋ-ońt (“earth-horn”) (compare Northern Mansi ма̄ (mā, “earth”), а̄ньт (ānʹt, “horn”), see modern Northern Mansi ма̄хар (māhar)) or Khanty. Compare Proto-Uralic *mëxe (“earth”) (when the first remains were found, the local residents believed that it was an underground animal). Until 1984, it was spelled mammut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒmut]
• Hyphenation: ma‧mut
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

mamut (plural mamutok)

1. mammoth (Mammuthus)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mamut	mamutok
accusative	mamutot	mamutokat
dative	mamutnak	mamutoknak
instrumental	mamuttal	mamutokkal
causal-final	mamutért	mamutokért
translative	mamuttá	mamutokká
terminative	mamutig	mamutokig
essive-formal	mamutként	mamutokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mamutban	mamutokban
superessive	mamuton	mamutokon
adessive	mamutnál	mamutoknál
illative	mamutba	mamutokba
sublative	mamutra	mamutokra
allative	mamuthoz	mamutokhoz
elative	mamutból	mamutokból
delative	mamutról	mamutokról
ablative	mamuttól	mamutoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	mamuté	mamutoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mamutéi	mamutokéi

Possessive forms of mamut
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mamutom	mamutjaim
2nd person sing.	mamutod	mamutjaid
3rd person sing.	mamutja	mamutjai
1st person plural	mamutunk	mamutjaink
2nd person plural	mamutotok	mamutjaitok
3rd person plural	mamutjuk	mamutjaik

Derived terms

Expressions

• gyapjas mamut

 

Further reading

• (superseded spelling) mammut in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

mamut

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English mammoth, French mammouth, German Mammut, ultimately from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mut/

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• Rhymes: -amut
• Syllabification: ma‧mut

Noun

mamut m animal (related adjective mamuci or mamutowy)

1. (paleontology) mammoth (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammuthus)
2. (figurative) mammoth (something very large of its kind)

   Synonym: olbrzym

3. variety of the yellow mung bean with wide pods
4. (colloquial) ski flying ski jumping hill

   Synonym: skocznia mamucia

5. (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont, weteran

6. (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont

Declension

Declension of mamut

	singular	plural
nominative	mamut	mamuty
genitive	mamuta	mamutów
dative	mamutowi	mamutom
accusative	mamuta	mamuty
instrumental	mamutem	mamutami
locative	mamucie	mamutach
vocative	mamucie	mamuty

Derived terms

nouns

• mamutak
• mamutowiec

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: mamùt

Further reading

• mamut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mamut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), from Uralic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmut/
• Hyphenation: ma‧mut

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuți)

1. mammoth

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mamut	mamutul		mamuți	mamuții
genitive-dative	mamut	mamutului		mamuți	mamuților
vocative	mamutule			mamuților

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎmut/
• Hyphenation: ma‧mut

Noun

màmut m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀мут)

1. mammoth (elephant-like mammal)

Declension

Declension of mamut

	singular	plural
nominative	mamut	mamuti
genitive	mamuta	mamuta
dative	mamutu	mamutima
accusative	mamuta	mamute
vocative	mamute	mamuti
locative	mamutu	mamutima
instrumental	mamutom	mamutima

Slovene

Etymology

From Russian ма́монт (mámont).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːmut/

Noun

mȃmut m anim

1. mammoth

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	mámut
gen. sing.	mámuta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mámut	mámuta	mámuti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mámuta	mámutov	mámutov
dative (dajȃlnik)	mámutu	mámutoma	mámutom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mámuta	mámuta	mámute
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mámutu	mámutih	mámutih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mámutom	mámutoma	mámuti

Further reading

• “mamut”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”). More at mammoth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmut/ [maˈmut̪]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: ma‧mut

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)

1. mammoth (animal)

Derived terms

• mamut lanudo

 

Further reading

• “mamut”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماموت (mamut), from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), probably from a Uralic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈmut/

Noun

mamut (definite accusative mamutu, plural mamutlar)

1. mammoth (animal)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mamut
Definite accusative	mamutu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mamut	mamutlar
Definite accusative	mamutu	mamutları
Dative	mamuta	mamutlara
Locative	mamutta	mamutlarda
Ablative	mamuttan	mamutlardan
Genitive	mamutun	mamutların