marc'h

See also: march, March, and Märch

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton march, from Old Breton marh, from Proto-Brythonic *marx, from Proto-Celtic *markos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁχ/

Noun

marc'h m (plural merc'h or mirc'hed or mirc'hi)

1. horse

Derived terms

• marc'heg (“horseman, rider, knight”)

Mutation

Mutation of marc'h

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	marc'h	varc'h	unchanged	unchanged
plural	merc'h	verc'h	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “marc'h”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton‎^[1] (in French), page 891