մէգ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-o- or *h₃meygʰ-eh₂-, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, cloud”). A borrowing from the Iranian cognates is formally possible (compare Parthian 𐫖𐫏𐫃 (myg /mēγ/)), but according to Martirosyan the existence of dialectal մգլել (mglel, “to cloud”), in view of its internal -l-, that is reminiscent of the Greek and Balto-Slavic forms, favours the native origin.
Noun
մէգ • (mēg)
- mist, fog, darkness
- թանձր մէգ ― tʿanjr mēg ― dense fog, thick mist
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մէգ (mēg) | մէգք (mēgkʿ) | |
| genitive | միգոյ (migoy) | միգոց (migocʿ) | |
| dative | միգոյ (migoy) | միգոց (migocʿ) | |
| accusative | մէգ (mēg) | մէգս (mēgs) | |
| ablative | միգոյ (migoy) | միգոց (migocʿ) | |
| instrumental | միգով (migov) | միգովք (migovkʿ) | |
| locative | մէգ (mēg) | մէգս (mēgs) |
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մէգ (mēg) | մէգք (mēgkʿ) | |
| genitive | միգի (migi) | միգաց (migacʿ) | |
| dative | միգի (migi) | միգաց (migacʿ) | |
| accusative | մէգ (mēg) | մէգս (mēgs) | |
| ablative | միգէ (migē) | միգաց (migacʿ) | |
| instrumental | միգաւ (migaw) | միգաւք = միգօք (migawkʿ = migōkʿ) | |
| locative | միգի (migi) | մէգս (mēgs) |
Derived terms
- միգազգած (migazgac)
- միգախառն (migaxaṙn)
- միգական (migakan)
- միգամ (migam)
- միգային (migayin)
- միգանամ (miganam)
- միգապատ (migapat)
- միգապատեմ (migapatem)
- միգապատիմ (migapatim)
- միգապատութիւն (migapatutʿiwn)
- միգավառ (migavaṙ)
- միգատարր (migatarr)
- շոգիամէգ (šogiamēg)
Descendants
- → Armenian: մեգ (meg)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մէգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մէգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 466
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 11
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մէգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy