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

Related terms

• мер (mer, “gauge”) (obsolete)
• ме́ра (méra, “measure”)
  • мя́рка (mjárka) (diminutive)
• мери́ло (merílo, “measuring device”)
  • мери́лка (merílka) (diminutive)
• измерва́тел (izmervátel, “measuring device”)

References

• “мерник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мерник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мерник”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 749