мерковац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak merkovať.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛrˈkɔvat͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
• Hyphenation: мер‧ко‧вац

Verb

мерковац (merkovac) impf (perfective померковац)

1. (intransitive) to look out, to watch out

   меркуй, нє спаднї ― merkuj, nje spadnji ― watch out, don't fall

2. (intransitive) to watch, to watch over, to keep an eye on [with на (na, + dative) ‘something/someone’]

   Synonyms: патриц (patric), чувац (čuvac)

   меркуй(це) на себе! ― merkuj(ce) na sebe! ― take care of yourself! (literally, “watch oneself!”)

   мерковац на шор ― merkovac na šor ― to watch the situation

   меркуй на нашо ствари ― merkuj na našo stvari ― keep an eye on our stuff

3. (intransitive) to watch, to observe [with за (za, + instrumental) ‘someone’]

   мерковал сом за нїм кадзи пойдзе ― merkoval som za njim kadzi pojdze ― I watched where he would go

4. (intransitive) to be careful, to be on alert

   Synonyms: обрацац увагу (obracac uvahu), попровадзиц (poprovadzic)

5. (reflexive with ше (še)) to take care of
6. (reflexive with ше (še)) to beware, to be careful

   Synonym: чувац (čuvac)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

adjectives

• меркуюци (merkujuci)

nouns

• меркованє n (merkovanje)
• меркователь m pers (merkovatelʹ)
• меркователька f (merkovatelʹka)
• мерковач m pers (merkovač)
• мерковачка f (merkovačka)

verbs

• домерковац pf (domerkovac)
• замерковац pf (zamerkovac)
• замерковйовац impf (zamerkovjovac)
• омерковац pf (omerkovac)
• померковац pf (pomerkovac)
• примерковац pf (primerkovac)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “мерковац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “watch”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 370