merg

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • marg (dialectal)
  • morg (dialectal)
  • murg (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch march, from Old Dutch *marg, *merg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos, *mosgʰos. Compare German Mark, West Frisian moarch, English marrow, Swedish märg, Icelandic mergur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛrx/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: merg
  • Rhymes: -ɛrx
  • Rhymes: -ɛrx

Noun

merg n (uncountable)

  1. marrow

Derived terms
  • beenmerg
  • door merg en been
  • mergpijp
  • ruggemerg

Descendants

Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian مرگ‎ (marg).

Noun

merg f

  1. death (cessation of life)

Synonyms


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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic *mazgaz < *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos, *mosgʰos. Compare Icelandic mergur, Swedish märg, Danish marv, Dutch merg, German Mark, English marrow.

Noun

merg m (definite singular mergen, indefinite plural mergar, definite plural mergane)

  1. marrow (substance inside bones)
  2. pith
  3. core; essence; spunk

Derived terms
  • mergfull
  • gjennom merg og bein

See also

References

Romanian

Verb

merg

  1. first-person singular present indicative of merge
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of merge
  3. third-person plural present indicative of merge
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