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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian մեղ (meł).
Pronunciation
Noun
մեղ • (meġ)
- Rare form of մեղք (meġkʻ).
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mel-s-eh₂- (“to deceive”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέλεος (méleos, “idle, useless”), βλάσφημος (blásphēmos), Lithuanian mẽlas (“deceit”), Old Irish mell (“destruction”). Probably related with մոլորիմ (molorim), մոլիմ (molim) and perhaps մեղմեխ (mełmex) and մող (moł).
Noun
մեղ • (meł)
- (usually in the plural) sin, crime
- մեղ դնել, մեղս դնել ― meł dnel, mełs dnel ― to find fault with, to blame, to accuse
- մեղ ինչ առնել ումեք ― meł inčʻ aṙnel umekʻ ― to wrong or do evil to
- քո է մեղն ― kʻo ē mełn ― it is all owing to you, it is your fault, you are wrong
- ոչ իմ է մեղն ― očʻ im ē mełn ― I am not to blame, it is not my fault
- իւիք մեղ ինչ ոչ արար ինձ ― iwikʻ meł inčʻ očʻ arar inj ― he did not offend me in any way
- մեղ ինչ ոչ գոյր նոցա ― meł inčʻ očʻ goyr nocʻa ― they would be without fault
- այս կայ մեղ եւ մեզ ― ays kay meł ew mez ― this is also partly our fault
- մեղք փոքր, թեթեւ ― mełkʻ pʻokʻr, tʻetʻew ― peccadillo, venial fault
- եօթն մահուչափ մեղք ― eōtʻn mahučʻapʻ mełkʻ ― the seven capital sins
- մահուչափ/մահացու մեղք ― mahučʻapʻ/mahacʻu mełkʻ ― deadly or mortal sin
- սկզբնական մեղք ― skzbnakan mełkʻ ― original sin
- ներգործական մեղք ― nergorcakan mełkʻ ― actual sin
- մվերապահեալ մեղք ― mverapaheal mełkʻ ― reserved sin
- վկայք մեղաց ― vkaykʻ mełacʻ ― false witnesses
- վասն մեղացն ― vasn mełacʻn ― sin- or trespass-offering
- անկանել ի մեղս, մեղս առնել, գործել ― ankanel i mełs, mełs aṙnel, gorcel ― to sin, to transgress
- ի մեղս արկանել ― i mełs arkanel ― to cause to sin
- խոստովանել զմեղս իւր ― xostovanel zmełs iwr ― to confess one's sins
- թողուլ զմեղս ― tʻołul zmełs ― to remit, to absolve sin
- մեռանել ի մեղս ― meṙanel i mełs ― to die in sin
- ի մեղս գրել զիմն ― i mełs grel zimn ― to impute a thing as a crime to
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 463