From Proto-West Germanic *murgī, from Proto-Germanic *murgijaz, *murguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”).
For the sense-development, compare pastime, German Kurzweil, kurzweilig. Cognate with the first element of Middle Dutch mergelijc (“pleasant”), Old High German murg (“short”).
myrġe
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | myrġe | myrġu, myrġo | myrġe |
Accusative | myrġne | myrġe | myrġe |
Genitive | myrġes | myrġre | myrġes |
Dative | myrġum | myrġre | myrġum |
Instrumental | myrġe | myrġre | myrġe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | myrġe | myrġa, myrġe | myrġu, myrġo |
Accusative | myrġe | myrġa, myrġe | myrġu, myrġo |
Genitive | myrġra | myrġra | myrġra |
Dative | myrġum | myrġum | myrġum |
Instrumental | myrġum | myrġum | myrġum |