meirge

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse merki from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Noun

meirge m (genitive singular meirge, nominative plural meirgí)

1. crest (of a business)
2. banner, flag
3. standard (as in a battle standard)
4. ensign

Declension

Declension of meirge (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meirge meirgí vocative a mheirge a mheirgí genitive meirge meirgí dative meirge meirgí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meirge na meirgí genitive an mheirge na meirgí dative leis an meirge don mheirge leis na meirgí

Derived terms

• fógra meirge
• meirge nuachta
• meirge ríoga
• meirge scailleagáin
• meirge suímh
• scamall meirge

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meirge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meirge”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 479
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meirge”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meirge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

meirge m

1. inflection of meirg (“rust, irritability, crustiness”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. genitive plural