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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Old Loegrish ''merch'', ''merȝ'' < Proto-Brythonic *''merx'' < Proto-Celtic *''merkā''. Confer Welsh [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merch#Welsh ''merch''], Cornish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/myrgh#Cornish ''myrgh''], Breton [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merc%27h#Breton ''merc'h''], Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mac ''mac''], Gaulish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mapos ''mapos''].
From Old Loegrish ''merch'', ''merȝ'' < Proto-Brythonic *''merx'' < Proto-Celtic *''merkā''. Confer Welsh [[wikt:merch#Welsh|''merch'']], Cornish [[wikt:myrgh#Cornish|''myrgh'']], Breton [[wikt:merc%27h#Breton|''merc'h'']].


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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* '''tad''' ("father")
* '''tad''' ("father")


===Mutation===
====Mutation====
* mherch (soft mutation)
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
! Radical
! Soft
! Aspirate
|-
| '''merch'''
| '''mherch'''
| '''merch'''<br>(''unchanged'')
|}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 11 July 2022

Loegrish

Etymology

From Old Loegrish merch, merȝ < Proto-Brythonic *merx < Proto-Celtic *merkā. Confer Welsh merch, Cornish myrgh, Breton merc'h.

Pronunciation

  • (Mercian) IPA: [mɛɾx]
  • (Sabhonol, Wessex, Southeast, East Anglian) IPA: [mɛɹx]

Noun

merch f (plural merched)

  1. daughter
  2. girl

Coordinate terms

  • mam ("mother")
  • mab ("boy", "son")
  • tad ("father")

Mutation

Radical Soft Aspirate
merch mherch merch
(unchanged)