ergi

== Finnish == === Etymology === From English erg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈerɡi/, [ˈe̞rɡi] Rhymes: -erɡi Syllabification(key): er‧gi Hyphenation(key): er‧gi === Noun === ergi erg (unit) ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛr.d͡ʒi/ Rhymes: -ɛrdʒi Hyphenation: èr‧gi === Verb === ergi inflection of ergere: second-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === egri, gire, regi == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === regi — with metathesis === Etymology === Formally from Proto-Germanic *argį̄. Proto-Norse ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu /⁠arᵃgju⁠/) (dative/instrumental singular) appears to be a jōn-stem noun, but may still be ancestral to ergi if the declension were irregularly changed. By surface analysis, argr (“effeminate, shameful, homosexual”) +‎ -i (“-ness”, abstract noun suffix). === Noun === ergi f (genitive ergi) the state of being argr; variously translated as lewdness, perversity, effeminacy, degeneracy ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “ergi”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ergi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Salar == === Etymology === Compare to Khakas иргі (irgì). === Pronunciation === (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [erki] === Adjective === ergi early old ==== Related terms ==== === References === Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “ergi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 326 Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “ergi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 89