meirg

Irish

Etymology

FromOld Irishmeirc,fromProto-Celtic*mergī(“rust, corrosion”),fromProto-Indo-European*merǵ-(“to be wet, withered”).Cognate withWelshmerydd(“stagnant”),Bretonmergl(“rust”),Middle High Germanmurc(“withered”),Russianморо́з(moróz,“frost”)andAlbanianmardhë(“frost”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster,Connacht)IPA^(key):/ˈmʲɛɾʲɪɟ/
• (Ulster)IPA^(key):/ˈmʲɪɾʲɪɟ/

Noun

meirgf(genitive singularmeirge)

1. rust
2. irritability,crustiness

Declension

Declension ofmeirg

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative meirg Vocative amheirg Genitive meirge Dative meirg

Forms with thedefinite article Case Singular Nominative anmheirg Genitive nameirge Dative leis anmeirg donmheirg

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meirg	mheirg	not applicable
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “meirg”,inHistorical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926,Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S.(1904) “meirg”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla,1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page479
• Ó Dónaill, Niall(1977) “meirg”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

FromOld Irishmeirc,fromProto-Celtic*mergī(“rust, corrosion”),fromProto-Indo-European*merǵ-(“to be wet, withered”).Cognate withWelshmerydd(“stagnant”),Middle High Germanmurc(“withered”),Russianморо́з(moróz,“frost”)andAlbanianmardhë(“frost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmeɾʲekʲ/

Noun

meirgf(genitive singularmeirge,no plural)

1. rust,corrosion

Verb

meirg(pastmheirg,futuremeirgidh,verbal nounmeirg,past participlemeirgte)

1. rust,corrode

   Tha anrothairagam a'meirgsagharaids.―My bicycle is rusting in the garage.

Derived terms

• meirg-umha(“verdigris”)
• meirg-dhìonach(“rust-proof”)
• meirgeach(“rusty”)
• meirgte(“rusted, rusty, covered in rust”)

Mutation

Mutationofmeirg

radical	lenition
meirg	mheirg

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