каламуть

Contraction of кал мутити (kal mutyty, “to stir up shit”),^[1] with -ь (-ʹ). Compare Belarusian каламу́ць (kalamúcʹ).

• IPA^(key): [kɐɫɐˈmutʲ]

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каламу́ть • (kalamútʹ) f inan (genitive каламу́ті, uncountable)

1. dreg, slime
2. fog
3. (figurative, colloquial) turmoil (state of great disorder or uncertainty)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “каламуть”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 683
• “каламуть”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “каламуть”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 75
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “каламуть”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “каламуть”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “каламуть”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “каламуть”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]