meirge

From Old Norse merki from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).^[1]

meirge m (genitive singular meirge, nominative plural meirgí)

1. crest (of a business)
2. banner, flag
3. standard (as in a battle standard)
4. ensign

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “meirge”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “meirge”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 479
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “meirge”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “meirge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

meirge m

1. inflection of meirg (“rust, irritability, crustiness”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. genitive plural