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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrkъ.
Pronunciation
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
Comparative forms of мърк
Superlative forms of мърк
- 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)
- мрак (mrak, “darkness”) (o-grade)
References
- “мърк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (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. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 87
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мърк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 411