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մերկ

մերկ

Armenian

Adjective

մերկ (merk) (superlative ամենամերկ)

  1. naked, bare, nude
  2. devoid of vegetation
  3. (figuratively) undisguised, barefaced
  4. (figuratively) poor, indigent

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology

Derived from a form related to Proto-Indo-European *negʷ-no-, from *negʷ- (naked, nude), perhaps *megʷ(e)do- or *megʷ-ro-.

Adjective

մերկ (merk)

  1. nude, naked
    մերկ ընդ մերկ մարտընչելmerk ənd merk martənčʿel ― to wrestle naked
  2. unadorned, plain, simple, evident
  3. (figuratively) impudent, brazen-faced

Declension

Adverb

մերկ (merk)

  1. mere, bare

Preposition

մերկ (merk)

  1. without

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մերկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մերկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մերկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 463