ܡܰܪܓܳܐ mrgʾ margā 1. meadow; 2. synonym of makrā, irriguous land
Derivative: Af. to pasture Gr in Bh gr 1, 48, 9. Reborrowing: ܡܲܪܘܵܐ mrwʾ marwā wild marjoram
Cf. MP marw [mlw'] herb (CPD 54); ManMP mrw /marw/ herbage, grass (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 231); NP marγ a species of grass of which animals are exceedingly fond (Steingass 1216) and NP marv name of a fragrant herb (ibid. 1219); NP marγzār a place abounding with grass, a verdant lawn (ibid. 1217). The two NP forms, as well as the two Syr. loanwords mrgʾ and mrwʾ, trace back to two different MIr. forms, the first a NW one (on which also depends Arm. LW marg: see Bolognesi 1960, 53; Hübschmann AG 193, no. 400), the second a SW one. For the dialectal alternation /g/, /w/ see s.v. mwhpṭʾ and § 9; cf. also OInd. maruva- marjoram (Turner 1966, no. 9878; Mayrhofer EWA 2, 368 f.: maybe a foreign word) ● mrgʾ meadow apap 186, 3; Gn 41, 2; ES 3, 402D; Jul 100, 20; Bh chr 199, 25; mrgʾ = makrā BB 1150, 15; pl. ES 18; Bh gr 1, 240, 2; EN 49, 28; Med 58, 6; 606, 5; BB 1154, 14 ◆ LS 402b; 403b; Fraenkel 1886, 129; PS Suppl. 200