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meirg.

rust

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmʲeɾʲɪɟ/Connacht, Munster/ˈmʲiɾʲɪɟ/Ulster

  1. rust

    feminine

  2. irritability, crustiness

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish meirc, from Proto-Celtic *mergī (“rust, corrosion”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“to be wet, withered”). Cognate with Welsh merydd (“stagnant”), Breton mergl (“rust”), Middle High German murc (“withered”), Russian моро́з (moróz, “frost”) and Albanian mardhë (“frost”).

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