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մեծ

մեծ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մենձ (menj) (dialectal)

Adjective

մեծ (mec) (superlative ամենամեծ)

  1. big, large
    մեծ շունmec šun ― big dog
    մեծ քարmec kʿar ― large stone
    մեծ բերանmec beransee մեծաբերան
    մեծ խոսելmec xosel ― to have a big mouth or a loud mouth
    մեծ հայրmec hayr ― grandfather
    մեծ մայրmec mayr ― grandmother
    մեծ մահmec mah ― plague
    մեծ մատmec mat ― thumb
    մեծ պասmec pas ― Lent
    մեծ էշը ախոռը մոռանալ՝ թողնելmec ēšə axoṙə moṙanal, tʿołnel ― to forget or overlook the main thing
    մեծ թիքեն (կամ մեծ կտորը) ականջը թողնելmec tʿikʿen (kam mec ktorə) akanǰə tʿołnel ― to crush or crumble into so many pieces that only the ears remain intact
    մեծի հետ մեծ, պստիկի հետ պստիկ լինելmeci het mec, pstiki het pstik linel ― to treat people accordingly
    մեծով պստիկով, մեծով փոքրովmecov pstikov, mecov pʿokʿrov ― big and small, everybody
  2. spacious, voluminous, sizable
  3. lofty, towering, colossal
  4. crowded, populous, multitudinous
  5. (figuratively) notable, remarkable, significant, talented
  6. severe, terrible, fierce
  7. important, significant
  8. numerous, copious, great
  9. magnificent, splendid, great
    մեծ բանաստեղծmec banastełc ― great poet
  10. adult, grown-up, major
  11. main, chief, leading
  12. senior, elder, great
    մեծ եղբայրmec ełbayr ― elder brother
    Տիգրան ՄեծTigran MecTigranes the Great

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

մեծ (mec)

  1. leader, chief, elder

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

մեծ (mec)

  1. great; large, big
    մեծ իմն, մեծս, մեծաւ, մեծուmec imn, mecs, mecaw, mecu ― greatly, highly, much, very much, too much, excessively
    մեծ օրmec ōr ― feast day, high-day
    մեծ դաշտmec dašt ― vast, spacious field or plain
    մեծ ժամս, ժամանակսmec žams, žamanaks ― during many hours; for a long time
    զմեծ ժամս գիշերոյzmec žams gišeroy ― a great part of the night
  2. (by extension) strong, powerful, mighty
  3. (by extension) rich, opulent
  4. (by extension) important, serious, considerable, momentous
    ո՞չ է քեզ մեծo?čʿ ē kʿez mec ― is it not important?

Declension

Adverb

մեծ (mec)

  1. much

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մեծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մեծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մեծ”, 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 14
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 458