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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrlъ (“depleted, perished”). Attested in substantivized form and in secondary derivatives.
Pronunciation
Adjective
мърл • (mǎrl) (archaic, obsolete)
- drained, exhausted, physically worn-out, tardy
Declension
Comparative forms of мърл
Superlative forms of мърл
Derived terms
- мърла́ (mǎrlá), мърли́на (mǎrlína, “goosefoot”) (type of flower)
- мърлу́ха f (mǎrlúha, “wretchedness”), мърлу́шко m (mǎrlúško, “wretched creature”)
- мърлу́шав (mǎrlúšav, “worn-out, wretched, grim”) (of physical state or appearance)
- мърли́в (mǎrlív, “sleepy, tired, exhausted”) (dialectal)
See also
- мъ́рля (mǎ́rlja, “to besmirch; to fertilize”)
Further reading
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрьлу́шꙗвъ”, 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), “мърла, мърлив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 413