մերձ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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) and possibly Albanian ndjerë. The ending -ի (-i) survives in մերձենամ (merjenam), from *մերձիանամ (*merjianam).

Adjective

մերձ • (merj)

  1. near, nigh, next, close to, contiguous
    մերձ է ի մեզ ― merj ē i mez ― it is near or quite close to us

Preposition

մերձ • (merj)

  1. near, close to
    մերձ ընդ մերձ ― merj ənd merj ― very near, soon, in a short time
    մերձ ի Վենետիկ ― merj i Venetik ― near Venice
    մերձ առ միմեանս ― merj aṙ mimeans ― together, one with another, side by side
    մերձ լինել ― merj linel ― to be near, ready at hand; to be on the verge or brink of, at the point of
    մերձ լինել ի մահ ― merj linel i mah ― to be at the point of death
    մերձ ի վախճան լինել ― merj i vaxčan linel ― to be drawing to a close; to be approaching one's end
    մերձ բազմիլ ― merj bazmil ― to sit near
    մերձ դնել ― merj dnel ― to propose; to confront, to compare

Adverb

մերձ • (merj)

  1. nearly, about

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: մերձ (merj)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մերձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մերձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 289
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 465
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մերձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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