մեծ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• մենձ (menj), մենծ (menc)

Etymology

From Old Armenian մեծ (mec), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

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Adjective

մեծ • (mec) (superlative ամենամեծ)

1. big, large

   մեծ շուն ― mec šun ― big dog

   մեծ քար ― mec kʻar ― large stone

   մեծ բերան ― mec beran ― see մեծաբերան

   մեծ խոսել ― mec xosel ― to have a big mouth or a loud mouth

   մեծ հայր ― mec hayr ― grandfather

   մեծ մայր ― mec mayr ― grandmother

   մեծ մահ ― mec mah ― plague

   մեծ մատ ― mec mat ― thumb

   մեծ պաս ― mec pas ― Lent

   մեծ էշը ախոռը մոռանալ՝ թողնել ― mec ēšə axoṙə moṙanal, tʻoġnel ― to forget or overlook the main thing

   մեծ թիքեն (կամ մեծ կտորը) ականջը թողնել ― mec tʻikʻen (kam mec ktorə) akanǰə tʻoġnel ― to crush or crumble into so many pieces that only the ears remain intact

   մեծի հետ մեծ, պստիկի հետ պստիկ լինել ― meci het mec, pstiki het pstik linel ― to treat people accordingly

   մեծով պստիկով, մեծով փոքրով ― mecov pstikov, mecov pʻokʻrov ― big and small, everybody

2. spacious, voluminous, sizable
3. lofty, towering, colossal
4. crowded, populous, multitudinous
5. (figuratively) notable, remarkable, significant, talented
6. severe, terrible, fierce
7. important, significant
8. numerous, copious, great
9. magnificent, splendid, great

   մեծ բանաստեղծ ― mec banasteġc ― great poet

10. adult, grown-up, major
11. main, chief, leading
12. senior, elder, great

    մեծ եղբայր ― mec eġbayr ― elder brother

    Տիգրան Մեծ ― Tigran Mec ― Tigranes the Great

Declension

Synonyms

• խոշոր (xošor)

Antonyms

• փոքր (pʻokʻr)

Noun

մեծ • (mec)

1. leader, chief, elder

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

մեծ • (mec)

1. great; large, big

   մեծ իմն, մեծս, մեծաւ, մեծու ― mec imn, mecs, mecaw, mecu ― greatly, highly, much, very much, too much, excessively

   մեծ օր ― mec ōr ― feast day, high-day

   մեծ դաշտ ― mec dašt ― vast, spacious field or plain

   մեծ ժամս, ժամանակս ― mec žams, žamanaks ― during many hours; for a long time

   զմեծ ժամս գիշերոյ ― zmec žams gišeroy ― a great part of the night

2. (by extension) strong, powerful, mighty
3. (by extension) rich, opulent
4. (by extension) important, serious, considerable, momentous

   ո՞չ է քեզ մեծ ― o^?čʻ ē kʻez mec ― is it not important?

Declension

Adverb

մեծ • (mec)

1. much

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մեծ (mec)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb, page 14
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 458