Old English · adjective
mirce
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈmir.ke/[ˈmirˠ.ke]
- Syllables
- ˈmir · ke (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- murkymurkdarkness
mirce1 · adjective
Senses
-
murky, dark in color
-
dark, evil
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mirce | mircumirco | mirce |
| Accusative | mircne | mirce | mirce |
| Genitive | mirces | mircre | mirces |
| Dative | mircum | mircre | mircum |
| Instrumental | mirce | mircre | mirce |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mirce | mircamirce | mircumirco |
| Accusative | mirce | mircamirce | mircumirco |
| Genitive | mircra | mircra | mircra |
| Dative | mircum | mircum | mircum |
| Instrumental | mircum | mircum | mircum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mirca | mirce | mirce |
| Accusative | mircan | mircan | mirce |
| Genitive | mircan | mircan | mircan |
| Dative | mircan | mircan | mircan |
| Instrumental | mircan | mircan | mircan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mircan | mircan | mircan |
| Accusative | mircan | mircan | mircan |
| Genitive | mircramircena | mircramircena | mircramircena |
| Dative | mircum | mircum | mircum |
| Instrumental | mircum | mircum | mircum |
mirce2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
darkness
Declension · strong ja-stem
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mirkwī, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)
Descendants
murk
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