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marc.

horse

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/mˠɑɾˠk//mˠaɾˠk/

  1. horse

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish marc, from Proto-Celtic *markos (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos. Cognate with Welsh march, Breton marc’h, and Old English mearh (“horse”).

noun/mˠɑɾˠk//mˠaɾˠk/

  1. target, goal

    masculine

  2. mark (indication for reference or measurement)

    masculine

  3. mark (academic score)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English mark, from Old English mearc (“marker, boundary”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku (“boundary, border”), from Proto-Germanic *markō. Doublet of marg (“march, boundary”).

noun/mˠɑɾˠk//mˠaɾˠk/

  1. mark; shilling

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle English mark, from Old English marc and/or Old Norse mǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign, stamp”). Doublet of marg (“mark (currency)”).

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