մեղա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մեղայ (mełay), first-person singular aorist mediopassive indicative of մեղանչեմ (mełančʿem).

Pronunciation

Interjection

մեղա • (meła)

  1. I have sinned, peccavi, mea culpa
    մեղա քեզ, տեր աստված ― meła kʿez, ter astvac ― I have sinned against you, Lord

Noun

մեղա • (meła)

  1. an act of saying ‘I have sinned’; an admission of guilt or responsibility; repentance
    մեղա գալ ― meła gal ― to repent

Declension

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