myrge

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmyr.je/, [ˈmyrˠ.je]

Adjective

myrġe

  1. pleasant, attractive, enjoyable

Declension
Declension of myrġe — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
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
Declension of myrġe — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative myrġa myrġe myrġe
Accusative myrġan myrġan myrġe
Genitive myrġan myrġan myrġan
Dative myrġan myrġan myrġan
Instrumental myrġan myrġan myrġan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative myrġan myrġan myrġan
Accusative myrġan myrġan myrġan
Genitive myrġra, myrġena myrġra, myrġena myrġra, myrġena
Dative myrġum myrġum myrġum
Instrumental myrġum myrġum myrġum

Derived terms

Descendants
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