mārga

See also: marga, Marga, and márga

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], of uncertain origin.

  • A proposed relation is Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape”). If correct, the semantic shift would be "shape" > "beautiful shape" > "lass".

Cognates include Latvian mērga, Lithuanian merga (whence mergina) and Old Prussian mergo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmàːrɡa]
  • Hyphenation: mār‧ga

Noun

mārga f

  1. bride
  2. (dated) daughter
  3. (dated) girl, lass

Declension
Declension of mārga (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative mārga mārgys, mārgas1)
genitive mārgys, mārgas1) mārgu
dative mārgai mārgom
accusative mārgu mārgys, mārgas1)
instrumental mārgu mārgom
locative mārgā mārguos
vocative mārga, mārg mārgys, mārgas1)
1) dialectal

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

References
  • A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
  • Wojciech Smoczyński (2021), “mergà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “way, road, route, path”).

Noun

mārga

  1. track, road, way.
    Synonyms: dalan, hĕnū, ĕnu, hawan, patha
  2. vehicle, mean.
    Synonyms: hawan, wāha, ratha, wāhana, wahat, yāna
  3. manner, method, way of life.

Derived terms
  • amarga
  • kamārga
  • kamārgan
  • makamārga
  • sakamārga
  • samārganya

Descendants
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