մղմեղ

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Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably a reduplication of Old Armenian *մուլ- (*mul-) or a related descendant of Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind). Compare also մղեղ (młeł).

Noun[edit]

մղմեղ (mġmeġ)

  1. (dialectal) chaff
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “մղմեղ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “մղմեղ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մղեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 471

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

մղմեղ (mġmeġ)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of մղմող (mġmoġ)
  2. (dialectal) the smallest kind of mosquito, midge
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 461