мърк

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrkъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Adjective

мърк • (mǎrk) (adverb мъ́рко) (dialectal)

umber, dim, dark
мърка овца ― mǎrka ovca ― dark-coated sheep

мърко време ― mǎrko vreme ― bad, dark weather
(of mood) grim, gloomy

Declension

Positive forms of мърк
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	мърк mǎrk	мърка́ mǎrká	мърко́ mǎrkó	мърки́ mǎrkí
definite (subject form)	мърки́ят mǎrkíjat	мърка́та mǎrkáta	мърко́то mǎrkóto	мърки́те mǎrkíte
definite (object form)	мърки́я mǎrkíja	мърка́та mǎrkáta	мърко́то mǎrkóto	мърки́те mǎrkíte

Comparative forms of мърк
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-мъ́рк pó-mǎ́rk	по́-мърка́ pó-mǎrká	по́-мърко́ pó-mǎrkó	по́-мърки́ pó-mǎrkí
definite (subject form)	по́-мърки́ят pó-mǎrkíjat	по́-мърка́та pó-mǎrkáta	по́-мърко́то pó-mǎrkóto	по́-мърки́те pó-mǎrkíte
definite (object form)	по́-мърки́я pó-mǎrkíja	по́-мърка́та pó-mǎrkáta	по́-мърко́то pó-mǎrkóto	по́-мърки́те pó-mǎrkíte

Superlative forms of мърк
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-мъ́рк náj-mǎ́rk	на́й-мърка́ náj-mǎrká	на́й-мърко́ náj-mǎrkó	на́й-мърки́ náj-mǎrkí
definite (subject form)	на́й-мърки́ят náj-mǎrkíjat	на́й-мърка́та náj-mǎrkáta	на́й-мърко́то náj-mǎrkóto	на́й-мърки́те náj-mǎrkíte
definite (object form)	на́й-мърки́я náj-mǎrkíja	на́й-мърка́та náj-mǎrkáta	на́й-мърко́то náj-mǎrkóto	на́й-мърки́те náj-mǎrkíte

Alternative forms

мрък (mrǎk), мрк (mrk) — with alternative resolutions of an earlier syllabic *-r̥-

Derived terms

мърча́ impf (mǎrčá), мръ́кна pf (mrǎ́kna, “to get dark”) (causative-iterative)
мърче́я се (mǎrčéja se, “to be dark, dusky”) (stative)
мъ́рчо m (mǎ́rčo), мъ́рка f (mǎ́rka, “animal with dark fur”) (agent nouns)
мъ́ркав (mǎ́rkav), мръкли́в (mrǎklív) (secondary adjectives)

Related terms

мрак (mrak, “darkness”) (o-grade)

References

“мърк”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрь́кꙑй; -къ, -ка́, -ко́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 87
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърк”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 411

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