մերկ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մերկ (merk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մերկ (merk) (superlative ամենամերկ)

  1. naked, bare, nude
  2. devoid of vegetation
  3. (figuratively) undisguised, barefaced
  4. (figuratively) poor, indigent

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

Derived from a form related to Proto-Indo-European *negʷ-no-, from *negʷ- (naked, nude), perhaps *megʷ(e)do- or *megʷ-ro-.

Adjective

մերկ (merk)

  1. nude, naked
    մերկ ընդ մերկ մարտընչելmerk ənd merk martənčʻelto wrestle naked
  2. unadorned, plain, simple, evident
  3. (figuratively) impudent, brazen-faced

Declension

Adverb

մերկ (merk)

  1. mere, bare

Preposition

մերկ (merk)

  1. without

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մերկ (merk)

References

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