մեղմեխ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մեղմեխ (mełmex).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մեղմեխ (meġmex) (superlative ամենամեղմեխ)

  1. (dated) insincere, deceitful, duplicitous

Declension

References

  • մեղմեխ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplication of մեղ (meł).

Adjective

մեղմեխ (mełmex)

  1. insinuating, insincere, deceitful, fraudulent, wicked, malicious

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեղմեխ (meġmex)

References

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