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/

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• Hyphenation: merg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx

Noun

merg n (uncountable)

1. marrow

Derived terms

• beenmerg
• door merg en been
• mergpijp
• ruggemerg

Descendants

• Afrikaans: murg

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Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian مرگ (marg).

Noun

1. death (cessation of life)

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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

• marg (Bokmål)

References

• “merg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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