LingoflyՄէկ առ մէկ
- Մէկ առ մէկmeg arr megone by one
“Մէկ առ մէկ” (meg arr meg) — one by one in Western Armenian. Phrase, level A2. Առ (arr) is an old preposition, 'to, per', surviving in phrases: մէկ առ մէկ (meg arr meg), and բառ առ բառ (parr arr parr) — word by word. In a live sentence: “Հիւրերը մտան մէկ առ մէկ” (hyurerə mdan meg arr meg) — The guests came in one by one. Written with the characters Մ, է, կ, ա, ռ, մ, է, կ. A word from the everyday Western Armenian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Մէկ առ մէկ (meg arr meg) |
| Read in Latin letters | meg arr meg |
| Translation | one by one |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
առ (arr) is an old preposition, 'to, per', surviving in phrases: մէկ առ մէկ (meg arr meg), and բառ առ բառ (parr arr parr) — word by word
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Հիւրերը մտան մէկ առ մէկhyurerə mdan meg arr megThe guests came in one by one
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “one by one” in Western Armenian?
«Մէկ առ մէկ» (meg arr meg), read “meg arr meg”. In a live sentence: “Հիւրերը մտան մէկ առ մէկ” (hyurerə mdan meg arr meg) — The guests came in one by one. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Մ, է, կ, ա, ռ, մ, է, կ.
How is “Մէկ առ մէկ” (meg arr meg) written in Latin letters?
meg arr meg. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Առ (arr) is an old preposition, 'to, per', surviving in phrases: մէկ առ մէկ (meg arr meg), and բառ առ բառ (parr arr parr) — word by word. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.