меч

From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

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меч • (mječ) m inan (genitive мяча́, nominative plural мячы́, genitive plural мячо́ў)

1. sword

• “меч” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian Wikipedia has an article on:

меч

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь, of unclear origin. In view of the doublet form *mьčь (whence e.g. Serbo-Croatian ма̏ч), borrowing from a foreign language is the most prevalent theory.

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меч • (meč) m (relational adjective ме́чов)

1. sword

   дамо́клев меч ― damóklev meč ― sword of Damocles

• мечо- (mečo-) (in compounds)
  • мечоно́сец (mečonósec, “swordbearer”)
  • мечови́ден (mečovíden, “alike a sword”)

• “меч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “меч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мечь, ме́чеве”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 63
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мечь”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 775
• “мечь”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

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меч • (meč) m

1. sword
2. epee

меч • (meč) m

1. match, game

• мечъ (meč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

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меч • (meč) m inan (genitive меча́, nominative plural мечи́, genitive plural мече́й, relational adjective ме́чный or мечево́й, diminutive ме́чик)

1. sword (usually with a straight blade)

   дамо́клов меч ― damóklov meč ― sword of Damocles

• The Russian term меч (meč) usually refers only to straight-bladed swords. A sabre with a curved blade is regarded as a type of sword in English, but it is not a type of меч (meč) in Russian.

• мечено́сец (mečenósec)
• мечехво́ст (mečexvóst)
• ме́чник (méčnik)
• ры́ба-меч (rýba-meč)

• ката́на (katána)
• пала́ш (paláš)
• рапи́ра (rapíra)
• са́бля (sáblja)
• шпа́га f (špága)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “меч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “меч”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 528

• чем (čem)

From English match.

ме̏ч m (Latin spelling mȅč)

1. match (sporting event)

• “меч”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:

меч

Wikipedia ^uk

From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

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меч • (meč) m inan (genitive меча́, nominative plural мечі́, genitive plural мечі́в)

1. sword

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “меч”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “меч”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “меч”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)