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mergh

Cornish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Celtic *merkā (“daughter”) (compare Welsh merch, Breton merc’h).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mergh f (plural merhes)

  1. (Revived Late Cornish) daughter, girl

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mergh m pl

  1. plural of margh (“horse”)

Mutation edit

  Mutation of mergh  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
mergh vergh unchanged unchanged fergh vergh

Scots edit

Noun edit

mergh (plural merghs)

  1. marrow (part of bone)
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