մեղկ

See also: մեղք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

մեղկ • (meġk) (superlative ամենամեղկ)

  1. weak-willed, spineless; flabby
  2. effeminate, dissolute
  3. soft, weak; gentle

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meldwi-. Cognate with Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu, soft), Latin mollis.

Adjective

մեղկ • (mełk)

  1. soft, loose, slack, flabby
  2. (figuratively) weak, faint, effeminate, languid, cowardly

Declension

Derived terms

  • անմեղկելի (anmełkeli)
  • անմեղկութիւն (anmełkutʻiwn)
  • զմեղկիմ (zmełkim)
  • մեղկագոյն (mełkagoyn)
  • մեղկախորհուրդ (mełkaxorhurd)
  • մեղկաճառութիւն (mełkačaṙutʻiwn)
  • մեղկանամ (mełkanam)
  • մեղկաշօշափ (mełkašōšapʻ)
  • մեղկասէր (mełkasēr)
  • մեղկացուցանեմ (mełkacʻucʻanem)
  • մեղկեմ (mełkem)
  • մեղկիմ (mełkim)
  • մեղկիչ (mełkičʻ)
  • մեղկութիւն (mełkutʻiwn)
  • սմեղկիմ (smełkim)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեղկ (meġk)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեղկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեղկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեղկ”, 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 461
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