мерач
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *měračь; equivalent to ме́ря (mérja, “to measure”), dialectal ме́рям (mérjam, “to estimate, to narrow down, to aim”) + -ач (-ač).
Noun edit
мера́ч • (meráč) m
- measurer, weighter
- (military) marksman, gunner (soldier responsible of gun laying an artillery piece)
- (dialectal, Banat) aimer, targeter (agent who aims well)
Declension edit
Declension of мера́ч
Related terms edit
- мери́тел (merítel), измери́тел (izmerítel), измерва́ч (izmerváč, “measurer”)
- измерва́тел (izmervátel, “gauge, indicator”)
- мер (mer, “meter”) (in compounds)
References edit
- “мерач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мерач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мерач¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 743
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
By surface analysis, мери (meri) + -ач (-ač).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
мерач • (merač) m (plural мерачи, relational adjective мерачки)
Declension edit
Declension of мерач
Related terms edit
- агломер m (aglomer)
- брзиномер m (brzinomer)
- ветромер m (vetromer)
- водомер m (vodomer)
- гасомер m (gasomer)
- длабиномер m (dlabinomer)
- дождомер m (doždomer)
- звукомер m (zvukomer)
- земјомер m (zemjomer)
- мерило n (merilo)
- мерка f (merka)
- светломер m (svetlomer)
- силомер m (silomer)
- струјомер m (strujomer)
- топломер m (toplomer)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
мѐра̄ч m (Latin spelling mèrāč)