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English
Etymology 1
Clipping of margarine.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
marg (uncountable)
- (colloquial) Clipping of margarine.
Etymology 2
Clipping of margarita.
Pronunciation
Noun
marg (countable and uncountable, plural margs)
- (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
Noun
marg (plural margs)
- (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
Etymology 1
Old Irish marg. Borrowing of Old Norse mǫrk from Proto-Germanic *markō. Distantly related to brugh, a native Celtic word.
Noun
marg f (genitive singular mairge, nominative plural marga)
- (literary) march, boundary
Declension
Etymology 2
Old Irish marg. Borrowing of Old English marc from Proto-Germanic *marką. Doublet of marc.
Noun
marg m (genitive singular mairg, nominative plural mairg)
- mark (unit of currency)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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marg
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mharg
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Latin margo (“edge, margin, limit”).
Noun
marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)
- (typography) a margin
Related terms
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)
- marrow (substance inside bones)
- pith
Derived terms
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)
- (typography) a margin
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of merg
References
- “marg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phalura
Etymology
From Urdu مرگ (marg), from Persian .
Pronunciation
Noun
marg m (Perso-Arabic spelling مرگ)
- death
Inflection
i-decl (Obl, pl): -í
References
- Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN