marg

See also: märg

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of margarine.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Noun

marg (uncountable)

  2. (colloquial) Clipping of margarine.

Etymology 2

Clipping of margarita.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ

Noun

marg (countable and uncountable, plural margs)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of margarita (“cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime”).
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Etymology 3

From Hindi मार्ग (mārg). Doublet of marga.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ

Noun

marg (plural margs)

  1. (India) A road.
Usage notes
  • Occasionally encountered in regions outside India that have large Indian populations. For example, Gobind Marg is a street in Bradford, England.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəɡ/

Etymology 1

    From Middle Irish marg,[1] from Old Norse mǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *markō. Distantly related to brugh, a native Celtic word.

    Noun

    marg f (genitive singular mairge, nominative plural marga)

    1. (literary) march, boundary
    Declension
    Declension of marg (second declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative marg marga
    vocative a mharg a mharga
    genitive mairge marg
    dative marg
    mairg (archaic, dialectal)     		marga
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an mharg na marga
    genitive na mairge na marg
    dative leis an marg
    leis an mairg (archaic, dialectal)
    don mharg
    don mhairg (archaic, dialectal)     		leis na marga

    Etymology 2

      From Middle English mark, from Old English marc from Proto-Germanic *marką. Doublet of marc.

      Noun

      marg m (genitive singular mairg, nominative plural mairg)

      1. mark (“unit of currency”)
      Declension
      Declension of marg (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative marg mairg
      vocative a mhairg a mharga
      genitive mairg marg
      dative marg mairg
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an marg na mairg
      genitive an mhairg na marg
      dative leis an marg
      don mharg       		leis na mairg

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of marg
      radical lenition eclipsis
      marg mharg not applicable

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

      References

      1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 marg(g)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “marg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 717; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “marg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology 1

      From Latin margo (“edge, margin, limit”).

      Noun

      marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)

      1. (typography) a margin

      Etymology 2

      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

      marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)

      1. marrow (substance inside bones)
      2. pith
      Derived terms
      • gjennom marg og bein
      • margbein
      • margborer
      • margfett
      • margfull
      • ryggmarg

      See also

      References

      • “marg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
      • “marg” in The Ordnett Dictionary

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology 1

      From Latin margo.

      Noun

      marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)

      1. (typography) a margin

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)

      1. (pre-1938) alternative form of merg

      References

      Palula

      Etymology

      From Urdu مرگ (marg), from Persian مرگ (marg).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /marɡ/

      Noun

      marg m (Perso-Arabic spelling مرگ)

      1. death

      Inflection

      i-decl (Obl, pl): -í

      References

      • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “marg”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
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