мерило

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo; By surface analysis, меря (merja, to measure) + -ило (-ilo).

Noun

мери́ло • (merílo) n

  1. (dialectal, dated) measure, measuring tool
    Пари́те не са мери́ло за успе́х.
    Paríte ne sa merílo za uspéh.
    Money is not a measure of success.
  2. reference scale, standard
  3. criterion

Declension

Derived terms

  • мери́лен (merílen, measuring)
  • мери́лка (merílka) (diminutive)

References

  • мерило”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мерило”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мерило”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 748

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo. Morphologically мери (meri, to measure) + -ло (-lo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛɾiɫɔ]
  • Hyphenation: ме‧ри‧ло

Noun

мерило • (merilo) n

  1. standard, criterion (something to measure against)

Declension

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo. By surface analysis, ме́рить (méritʹ) + -ло (-lo)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈrʲiɫə]

Noun

мери́ло • (merílo) n inan (genitive мери́ла, nominative plural мери́ла, genitive plural мери́л)

  1. standard, criterion
  2. measure, test
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲerʲɪɫə]

Verb

ме́рило • (mérilo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of ме́рить (méritʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měridlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mêrilo/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧ри‧ло

Noun

ме̏рило n (Latin spelling mȅrilo)

  1. measure
  2. criterion

Declension

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