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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo; By surface analysis, меря (merja, “to measure”) + -ило (-ilo).
Noun
мери́ло • (merílo) n
- (dialectal, dated) measure, measuring tool
Пари́те не са мери́ло за успе́х.- Paríte ne sa merílo za uspéh.
- Money is not a measure of success.
- reference scale, standard
- criterion
Declension
Derived terms
- мер (mer, “gauge”)
- мя́ра (mjára, “moderation”), ме́ра (méra, “measure”)
- мя́рка (mjárka, “measuring unit”)
References
- “мерило”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мерило”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мерило”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 748
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo. Morphologically мери (meri, “to measure”) + -ло (-lo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ме‧ри‧ло
Noun
мерило • (merilo) n
- standard, criterion (something to measure against)
Declension
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo. By surface analysis, ме́рить (méritʹ) + -ло (-lo)
Pronunciation
Noun
мери́ло • (merílo) n inan (genitive мери́ла, nominative plural мери́ла, genitive plural мери́л)
- standard, criterion
- measure, test
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
ме́рило • (mérilo)
- neuter singular past indicative imperfective of ме́рить (méritʹ)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mêrilo/
- Hyphenation: ме‧ри‧ло
Noun
ме̏рило n (Latin spelling mȅrilo)
- measure
- criterion
Declension