/meɾʲekʲ/
TùsFrom Old Irish meirc, from Proto-Celtic *mergī (“rust, corrosion”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“to be wet, withered”). Cognate with Welsh merydd (“stagnant”), Middle High German murc (“withered”), Russian моро́з (moróz, “frost”) and Albanian mardhë (“frost”).
- feminine, no-pluralrust, corrosion
- rust, corrode
“Tha an rothair agam a' meirg sa gharaids.” — My bicycle is rusting in the garage.
Cruthanmeirge(genitive, singular) · mheirg(past) · meirgidh(future) · meirg(noun-from-verb) · meirgte(participle, past) · meirg(error-unrecognized-form) · mheirg(error-unrecognized-form)
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