մեծ

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[edit] Armenian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Armenian մեծ (mec); see below.

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[edit] Adjective

մեծ (meç), superlative ամենամեծ (amenameç) or մեծագույն

  1. big, large
    մեծ շուն — big dog
    մեծ քար — large stone
  2. great
    մեծ բանաստեղծ — great poet
    Տիգրան Մեծ — Tigranes the Great
  3. elder
    մեծ եղբայր — elder brother
  4. adult, grownup
  5. important

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[edit] Old Armenian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méǵə-, *méǵa- (great). Cognates include Sanskrit मह (mahá, great, mighty, strong, abundant), Middle Persian mas (great) (Persian مه (mih)), Ancient Greek μέγας (megas, big, large), Latin magnus and Old English micel (English much).

[edit] Adjective

մեծ (mec)  (singular genitive մեծի, plural genitive մեծաց)

  1. great; large, big
    մեծ մեծ, մեծ իմն, մեծս, մեծաւ, մեծու — greatly, highly, much, very much, too much, excessively
    մեծ օր — feast day, high-day
    մեծ դաշտ — vast, spacious field or plain
    մեծ ժամս, ժամանակս — during many hours; for a long time
    զմեծ ժամս գիշերոյ — 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 մեծ — is it not important?

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[edit] References

  • մեծ in M. Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • մեծ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836-37), Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui (Venice)
  • մեծ” in H. Ačaṙean (1926-35), Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971-79
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