мер

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měrъ (“gauge”), indirectly attested in derivatives.

Noun

мер • (mer) m

1. (obsolete, archaic) gauge, measuring tool

Declension

Derived terms

• електроме́р (elektromér, “gauge for measuring consumed electricity”)
• газоме́р (gazomér, “gauge for measuring consumed gas”)
• топломе́р (toplomér, “gauge for measuring consumed hot water”)
• водоме́р (vodomér, “gauge for measuring consumed water”)
• влагоме́р (vlagomér, “gauge for measuring wetness”)
• дъждоме́р (dǎždomér, “gauge for measuring rainfall”)
• спиртоме́р (spirtomér, “gauge for measuring alcohol percentage”)
• ъгломе́р (ǎglomér, “octant”)
• лицеме́р (licemér, “hypocrite”)

Related terms

• разме́р (razmér, “size”)
• приме́р (primér, “example”)
• мя́ра (mjára, “moderation”), ме́ра (méra, “measure”)
• мери́ло (merílo, “measuring tool”)
• мя́рка (mjárka, “measuring unit”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měrъ/*měrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185

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Pronoun

мер (mer)

1. (Amur, inclusive, in the plural) we, our

Synonyms

• мин (min) (Sakhalin)

Russian

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Noun

мер • (mer) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ме́ра (méra)

Ukrainian

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Noun

мер • (mer) m pers (genitive ме́ра, nominative plural ме́ри, feminine ме́рка)

1. mayor

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka