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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *merkuz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
*mirkwī[1]
- (North Sea Germanic) dark
Inflection
| ja-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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| Nominative
|
*mirkwī
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| Genitive
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*mirkwijas
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
|
*mirkwī
|
*mirkwiju
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*mirkwī
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| Accusative
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*mirkwijanā
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*mirkwijā
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*mirkwī
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| Genitive
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*mirkwijas
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*mirkwijeʀā
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*mirkwijas
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| Dative
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*mirkwijumē
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*mirkwijeʀē
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*mirkwijumē
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| Instrumental
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*mirkwiju
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*mirkwijeʀu
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*mirkwiju
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*mirkwijē
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*mirkwijō
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*mirkwiju
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| Accusative
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*mirkwijā
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*mirkwijā
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*mirkwiju
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| Genitive
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*mirkwijeʀō
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*mirkwijeʀō
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*mirkwijeʀō
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| Dative
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*mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
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*mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
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*mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
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| Instrumental
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*mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
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*mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
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*mirkwijēm, *mirkwijum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215: “PWGmc *mirkwī”
