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See also: märg

English

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of margarine.

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Noun

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marg (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of margarine.

Etymology 2

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Clipping of margarita.

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Noun

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marg (countable and uncountable, plural margs)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of margarita (cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime).
    • 2022, Jennifer Bonds, Catching Quinn:
      I'm wedged in between a couple of squealing woo girls who are guzzling margs like it's last call []

Etymology 3

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From Hindi मार्ग (mārg). Doublet of marga.

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marg (plural margs)

  1. (India) A road.
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  • Occasionally encountered in regions outside India that have large Indian populations. For example, Gobind Marg is a street in Bradford, England.

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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Old Irish marg. Borrowing of Old Norse mǫrk from Proto-Germanic *markō. Distantly related to brugh, a native Celtic word.

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marg f (genitive singular mairge, nominative plural marga)

  1. (literary) march, boundary
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Etymology 2

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Old Irish marg. Borrowing of Old English marc from Proto-Germanic *marką. Doublet of marc.

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marg m (genitive singular mairg, nominative plural mairg)

  1. mark (unit of currency)
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
marg mharg not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Latin margo (edge, margin, limit).

Noun

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marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)

  1. (typography) a margin
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural marger, definite plural margene)

  1. marrow (substance inside bones)
  2. pith
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See also

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References

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  • “marg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • marg” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Latin margo.

Noun

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marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)

  1. (typography) a margin
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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marg m (definite singular margen, indefinite plural margar, definite plural margane)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of merg

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Phalura

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Etymology

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From Urdu مرگ (marg), from Persian مرگ (marg).

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Noun

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marg m (Perso-Arabic spelling مرگ)

  1. death

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i-decl (Obl, pl): -í

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “marg”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN