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Asturian
Verb
merque
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mercar
Galician
Verb
merque
- inflection of mercar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Middle French
Etymology
From Old Northern French merc, merque, from Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Noun
merque f (plural merques)
- mark (characteristic, sign, visible impression)
1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:La merque peculiere de nostre verité devroit estre nostre vertu, comme elle est aussi la plus celeste merque, et la plus difficile : et que c’est la plus digne production de la verité.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
merque
- inflection of mercar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
merque
- inflection of mercar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative