märg

See also: marg

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *märkä, from a Baltic language, compare Latvian mērka (humidity) and Lithuanian merkti (to water). Cognate to Finnish märkä.

Adjective

märg (genitive märja, partitive märga, comparative märjem, superlative kõige märjem)

  1. wet

Declension

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *märkä.

Adjective

märg

  1. moist

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mergr, from Proto-Germanic *mazgaz < *mazgą, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk merg, Norwegian Bokmål marg, Danish marv, Icelandic mergur, Dutch merg, German Mark, English marrow.

Noun

märg c

  1. (uncountable) marrow

Declension

Declension of märg 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative märg märgen
Genitive märgs märgens

Derived terms

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *märkä.

Adjective

märg

  1. moist
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