merch

See also: Merch. and merc'h

English

Etymology

Clipping of merchandise.

Pronunciation

Noun

merch (uncountable)

  1. (slang) merchandise
    • 2007, February 15, “Eric Wilson”, in Babes in Label Land‎:
      His playful point of view on youthful American sportswear, expressed in boxy mohair jackets with graphic resin bubble buttons and tomboy T-shirt dresses in superfine chiffon as bright as tangerine sorbet, is backed up with what stores would describe as the merch: easy scoop-neck cashmere sweaters in a mix of colors, lightweight T-shirts and sheared mink Army caps.
    • 2012, Jesse Cannon, ‎Todd Thomas, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business
      Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *merx, from Proto-Celtic *merkā (compare Cornish myrgh, mergh, Breton merc’h), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Scottish Gaelic smarach (“lad”), Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy, girl”), Old Armenian մարի (mari)). Related to morwyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛrχ/

Noun

merch f (plural merched)

  1. daughter
  2. girl, maiden
    Peidiwch â phoeni'r merched yn y babell nesa. ― Don't pester the girls in the next tent.
    [1]

Coordinate terms

  • mab (“son”)
  • mam (“mother”)
  • tad (“father”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
merch ferch unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “merch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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