myrgh

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) mergh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *merx, from Proto-Celtic *merkā (“daughter”). Cognate with Breton merc’h and Welsh merch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪɹx/

Noun

myrgh f (plural myrghes or myrhes)

1. daughter
2. girl

   Synonym: mowes

Coordinate terms

• (family members) teylu; broder, ewnter, flogh, flogh gwynn, gour, gwreg, hwor, kenderow, keniterow, kesflogh, kosin, mab, mab wynn, mamm, mamm wynn, modrep, myrgh, myrgh wynn, nith, noy, tas, tas gwynn ^{(Category: kw:Family)}

Derived terms

• myrgh an pla (“annoying woman, she-devil”)
• myrgh hy dama (“herself”)
• myrgh veythrin (“foster daughter”)
• myrgh wynn (“granddaughter”)

Mutation

Mutation of myrgh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
myrgh	vyrgh	unchanged	unchanged	fyrgh	vyrgh

References

• “myrgh” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.