մեղմ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մեղմ (mełm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մեղմ (meġm) (superlative ամենամեղմ)

  1. soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, tranquil

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative մեղմ (meġm) մեղմեր (meġmer)
dative մեղմի (meġmi) մեղմերի (meġmeri)
ablative մեղմից (meġmicʻ) մեղմերից (meġmericʻ)
instrumental մեղմով (meġmov) մեղմերով (meġmerov)
locative մեղմում (meġmum) մեղմերում (meġmerum)
definite forms
nominative մեղմը/մեղմն (meġmə/meġmn) մեղմերը/մեղմերն (meġmerə/meġmern)
dative մեղմին (meġmin) մեղմերին (meġmerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative մեղմս (meġms) մեղմերս (meġmers)
dative մեղմիս (meġmis) մեղմերիս (meġmeris)
ablative մեղմիցս (meġmicʻs) մեղմերիցս (meġmericʻs)
instrumental մեղմովս (meġmovs) մեղմերովս (meġmerovs)
locative մեղմումս (meġmums) մեղմերումս (meġmerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative մեղմդ (meġmd) մեղմերդ (meġmerd)
dative մեղմիդ (meġmid) մեղմերիդ (meġmerid)
ablative մեղմիցդ (meġmicʻd) մեղմերիցդ (meġmericʻd)
instrumental մեղմովդ (meġmovd) մեղմերովդ (meġmerovd)
locative մեղմումդ (meġmumd) մեղմերումդ (meġmerumd)

Adverb

մեղմ (meġm)

  1. softly, mildly, gently, agreeably

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (soft) +‎ (-m). Cognate with Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós).

Adjective

մեղմ (mełm)

  1. soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, tranquil
    մեղմովmełmovsoftly, mildly, gently, agreeably

Declension

Adverb

մեղմ (mełm)

  1. softly, mildly, gently, agreeably

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեղմ (meġm)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեղմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեղմ”, 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 461