մեղմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մեղմ (mełm); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [mɛʁm]
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Adjective

մեղմ (mełm) (superlative ամենամեղմ)

  1. soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, tranquil

Declension

Adverb

մեղմ (mełm)

  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

  • մեղմագին (mełmagin)
  • մեղմագնաց (mełmagnacʿ)
  • մեղմագոյն (mełmagoyn)
  • մեղմախառն (mełmaxaṙn)
  • մեղմածամ (mełmacam)
  • մեղմական (mełmakan)
  • մեղմանամ (mełmanam)
  • մեղմասացութիւն (mełmasacʿutʿiwn)
  • մեղմատեսիլ (mełmatesil)
  • մեղմացուցանեմ (mełmacʿucʿanem)
  • մեղմիկ (mełmik)
  • մեղմութիւն (mełmutʿiwn)
  • մեղմօրինակ (mełmōrinak)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մեղմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մեղմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մեղմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 461
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