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մէգ

մէգ

Old Armenian

Noun

մէգ • ‎(mēg)

  1. mist, fog, darkness
    թանձր մէգ‎ ― tʿanjr mēg ― dense fog, thick mist

Declension

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

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մէգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մէգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 11
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 466

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-o- or *h₃meygʰ-eh₂- ‎(“fog, cloud”). Cognates include Sanskrit मेघ ‎(megha, “cloud”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 ‎(maēγa-, “cloud”), Persian میغ ‎(mēġ, “cloud, fog”), Manichaean Parthian myg, Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη ‎(omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла ‎(mgla), Latvian migla, and Albanian mjegull. A borrowing from the Iranian descendants is also possible, 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.

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