մերձ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մերձ (merj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մերձ (merj) (superlative ամենամերձ)

  1. near, close

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From *մերձի (*merji), from *մեձրի (*mejri), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵʰ(s)ri. Cognate with Ancient Greek μέχρι (mékhri). The ending (-i) survives in մերձենամ (merjenam), from *մերձիանամ (*merjianam).

Adjective

մերձ (merj)

  1. near, nigh, next, close to, contiguous
    մերձ է ի մեզmerj ē i mezit is near or quite close to us

Preposition

մերձ (merj)

  1. near, close to
    մերձ ընդ մերձmerj ənd merjvery near, soon, in a short time
    մերձ ի Վենետիկmerj i Venetiknear Venice
    մերձ առ միմեանսmerj aṙ mimeanstogether, one with another, side by side
    մերձ լինելmerj linelto be near, ready at hand; to be on the verge or brink of, at the point of
    մերձ լինել ի մահmerj linel i mahto be at the point of death
    մերձ ի վախճան լինելmerj i vaxčan linelto be drawing to a close; to be approaching one's end
    մերձ բազմիլmerj bazmilto sit near
    մերձ դնելmerj dnelto propose; to confront, to compare

Adverb

մերձ (merj)

  1. nearly, about

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մերձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մերձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մերձ”, 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 465
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