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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мрьзъкъ (mrĭzŭkŭ), native form would be *мёрзкий (*mjórzkij), from Proto-Slavic *mьrzъkъ (“frosty, cold”). Cognate to мёрзнуть (mjórznutʹ), моро́з (moróz).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ме́рзкий • (mérzkij) (comparative (по)мерзе́е or (по)мерзе́й or (по)ме́рзче)
- vile, disgusting, abominable, nasty, odious
- Synonyms: га́дкий (gádkij), мерзопа́костный (merzopákostnyj), омерзи́тельный (omerzítelʹnyj), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj), поха́бный (poxábnyj), проти́вный (protívnyj), дрянно́й (drjannój), пога́ный (pogányj)
1892, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “Глава II”, in Палата № 6; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Ward No. 6, 1921:О горожа́нах он всегда́ отзыва́лся с презре́нием, говоря́, что их гру́бое неве́жество и со́нная живо́тная жизнь ка́жутся ему́ ме́рзкими и отврати́тельными.- O gorožánax on vsegdá otzyválsja s prezrénijem, govorjá, što ix grúboje nevéžestvo i sónnaja živótnaja žiznʹ kážutsja jemú mérzkimi i otvratítelʹnymi.
- He always spoke with contempt of his fellow-townsmen, saying that their coarse ignorance and sleepy animal existence seemed to him loathsome and horrible.
Declension
Declension of ме́рзкий (short class c*)