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մեղմեխ

մեղմեխ

Armenian

Adjective

մեղմեխ (mełmex) (superlative ամենամեղմեխ)

  1. (dated) insincere, deceitful, duplicitous

Declension

References

  • մեղմեխ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մեղմեղ (mełmeł), մեխմեխ (mexmex)

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplication of մեղ (meł).

Adjective

մեղմեխ (mełmex)

  1. insinuating, insincere, deceitful, fraudulent, wicked, malicious

Declension

Derived terms

  • մեղմեխանք (mełmexankʿ)
  • մեղմեխեմ (mełmexem)
  • մեղմեխութիւն (mełmexutʿiwn)
  • մեղմեղանք (mełmełankʿ)
  • մեղմեղեմ (mełmełem)
  • մեղմեղիմ (mełmełim)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մեղմեխ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մեղմեխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մեղմեխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 463