мер

See also: мөр, мэр, мёр, mep, MEP, mép, and Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měrъ (“gauge”), indirectly attested in derivatives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛr]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

мер • (mer) m

1. (obsolete, archaic) gauge, measuring tool

Declension

Declension of мер

	singular	plural
indefinite	мер mer	ме́ри méri
definite (subject form)	ме́рът mérǎt	ме́рите mérite
definite (object form)	ме́ра méra
count form	—	ме́ра méra

Derived terms

• влагоме́р (vlagomér, “gauge for measuring wetness”)
• водоме́р (vodomér, “gauge for measuring consumed water”)
• газоме́р (gazomér, “gauge for measuring consumed gas”)
• дъждоме́р (dǎždomér, “gauge for measuring rainfall”)
• електроме́р (elektromér, “gauge for measuring consumed electricity”)
• лицеме́р (licemér, “hypocrite”)
• спиртоме́р (spirtomér, “gauge for measuring alcohol percentage”)
• топломе́р (toplomér, “gauge for measuring consumed hot water”)
• ъгломе́р (ǎglomér, “octant”)

Related terms

• разме́р (razmér, “size”)
• приме́р (primér, “example”)
• мя́ра (mjára, “moderation”), ме́ра (méra, “measure”)
• мери́ло (merílo, “measuring tool”)
• мя́рка (mjárka, “measuring unit”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měrъ/*měrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 185

Nivkh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mer/

Pronoun

мер (mer)

1. (Amur, inclusive, in the plural) we, our

Synonyms

• мин (min) (Sakhalin)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲer]

Noun

мер • (mer) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ме́ра (méra)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛr]

• Audio:

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Noun

мер • (mer) m pers (genitive ме́ра, nominative plural ме́ри, female equivalent ме́рка)

1. mayor

Declension

Declension of мер
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мер mer	ме́ри méry
genitive	ме́ра méra	ме́рів mériv
dative	ме́рові, ме́ру mérovi, méru	ме́рам méram
accusative	ме́ра méra	ме́рів mériv
instrumental	ме́ром mérom	ме́рами méramy
locative	ме́рові, ме́рі mérovi, méri	ме́рах mérax
vocative	ме́ре mére	ме́ри méry

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka