marg

See also: märg

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of margarine.

Alternative forms

• marge

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Noun

marg (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of margarine.

Etymology 2

Clipping of margarita.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ

Noun

marg (countable and uncountable, plural margs)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of margarita (“cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime”).
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Etymology 3

From Hindi मार्ग (mārg). Doublet of marga.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ

Noun

marg (plural margs)

1. (India) A road.

Usage notes

• Occasionally encountered in regions outside India that have large Indian populations. For example, Gobind Marg is a street in Bradford, England.

Anagrams

• 'gram, 'Gram, gram, gram., MAgr, Gram, GARM, -gram

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish marg, from Old Norse mǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *markō. Distantly related to brugh, a native Celtic word.

Noun

marg f (genitive singular mairge, nominative plural marga)

1. (literary) march, boundary

Declension

Declension of marg (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative marg marga vocative a mharg a mharga genitive mairge marg dative marg mairg (archaic, dialectal) marga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mharg na marga genitive na mairge na marg dative leis an marg leis an mairg (archaic, dialectal) don mharg don mhairg (archaic, dialectal) leis na marga

Etymology 2

From Middle English mark, from Old English marc from Proto-Germanic *marką. Doublet of marc.

Noun

marg m (genitive singular mairg, nominative plural mairg)

1. mark (“unit of currency”)

Declension

Declension of marg (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative marg mairg vocative a mhairg a mharga genitive mairg marg dative marg mairg forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an marg na mairg genitive an mhairg na marg dative leis an marg don mharg leis na mairg

Mutation

Mutated forms of marg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
marg	mharg	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “marg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 717; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “marg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin margo (“edge, margin, limit”).

Noun

marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)

1. (typography) a margin

Related terms

• margin

Etymology 2

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

marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)

1. marrow (substance inside bones)
2. pith

Derived terms

• gjennom marg og bein
• margbein
• margborer
• margfett
• margfull
• ryggmarg

See also

• merg (Nynorsk)

References

• “marg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “marg” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin margo.

Noun

marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)

1. (typography) a margin

Related terms

• margin

Etymology 2

Noun

marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of merg

References

• “marg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Palula

Etymology

From Urdu مرگ (marg), from Persian مرگ (marg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marɡ/

Noun

marg m (Perso-Arabic spelling مرگ)

1. death

Inflection

i-decl (Obl, pl): -í

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “marg”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN