marg
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Noun edit
marg (uncountable)
- (colloquial) Clipping of margarine.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ
Noun edit
marg (countable and uncountable, plural margs)
- (colloquial) Clipping of margarita (“cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime”).
- 2022, Jennifer Bonds, Catching Quinn:
- I'm wedged in between a couple of squealing woo girls who are guzzling margs like it's last call […]
Etymology 3 edit
From Hindi मार्ग (mārg). Doublet of marga.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ
Noun edit
marg (plural margs)
Usage notes edit
- Occasionally encountered in regions outside India that have large Indian populations. For example, Gobind Marg is a street in Bradford, England.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Old Irish marg. Borrowing of Old Norse mǫrk from Proto-Germanic *markō. Distantly related to brugh, a native Celtic word.
Noun edit
marg f (genitive singular mairge, nominative plural marga)
Declension edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2 edit
Old Irish marg. Borrowing of Old English marc from Proto-Germanic *marką. Doublet of marc.
Noun edit
marg m (genitive singular mairg, nominative plural mairg)
- mark (unit of currency)
Declension edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
marg | mharg | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin margo (“edge, margin, limit”).
Noun edit
marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)
- (typography) a margin
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- merg (Nynorsk)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)
- (typography) a margin
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)
References edit
- “marg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phalura edit
Etymology edit
From Urdu مرگ (marg), from Persian [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marg m (Perso-Arabic spelling مرگ)
- death
Inflection edit
i-decl (Obl, pl): -í