merki
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Noun
merki n (genitive singular merkis, plural merki or merkir)
Declension
n25 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | merki | merkið | merki(r) | merkini |
Accusative | merki | merkið | merki(r) | merkini |
Dative | merki | merkinum | merkjum | merkjunum |
Genitive | merkis | merkisins | merkja | merkjanna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Pronunciation
Noun
merki n (genitive singular merkis, nominative plural merki)
Declension
Declension of merki | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | merki | merkið | merki | merkin |
accusative | merki | merkið | merki | merkin |
dative | merki | merkinu | merkjum | merkjunum |
genitive | merkis | merkisins | merkja | merkjanna |
Synonyms
- lógó n
- bending f
Derived terms
References
- “merki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Livvi
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish mærki, from Old Norse merki. Cognates include Finnish merkki.
Pronunciation
Noun
merki (genitive merkin, partitive merkii)
Derived terms
(compounds):
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) “merki”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *markiją, related to *markō (see Old Norse mǫrk).
Noun
merki n
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: merki
- Faroese: merki
- Norwegian: merke
- Old Swedish: mærke
- Danish: mærke
- Old French: merc
- Irish: meirge
References
- “merki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Noun
merki
Verb
merki
- to milk
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛr̥cɪ
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- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
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- Livvi terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Livvi terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Livvi terms derived from Old Swedish
- Livvi terms derived from Old Norse
- Livvi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Livvi/erki
- Rhymes:Livvi/erki/2 syllables
- Livvi lemmas
- Livvi nouns
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter ija-stem nouns
- Sranan Tongo terms borrowed from Dutch
- Sranan Tongo terms derived from Dutch
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- Sranan Tongo nouns
- srn:Beverages
- srn:Bodily fluids
- srn:Dairy products
- Sranan Tongo verbs