мерник

Bulgarian
Оптически мерник на пушка

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měrьnikъ. Morphologically, equivalent to ме́ря (mérja, “to measure”) +‎ -ник (-nik).

Noun

ме́рник • (mérnik) m

  1. hindsight, aimer (part of a projectile weapon used for aiming at a target)
    опти́чески ме́рник ― optíčeski mérnik ― telescopic sight, scope
  2. (dialectal, dated) measure
    Synonyms: мя́рка (mjárka), шини́к (šiník)

Declension
Declension of ме́рник
singular plural
indefinite ме́рник
mérnik		 ме́рници
mérnici
definite
(subject form)		 ме́рникът
mérnikǎt		 ме́рниците
mérnicite
definite
(object form)		 ме́рника
mérnika
count form — ме́рника
mérnika
  • мер (mer, “gauge”) (obsolete)
  • ме́ра (méra, “measure”)
  • мери́ло (merílo, “measuring device”)
    • мери́лка (merílka) (diminutive)
  • измерва́тел (izmervátel, “measuring device”)

References
  • мерник in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • мерник in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “мерник”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 749
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