ergi

Etymology

From English erg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈerɡi/, [ˈe̞rɡi]
• Rhymes: -erɡi
• Hyphenation^(key): er‧gi

Noun

ergi

1. erg (unit)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɛrdʒi
• Hyphenation: èr‧gi

Verb

ergi

1. inflection of ergere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• egri, gire, regi

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)

1. the state of being argr; variously translated as lewdness, perversity, effeminacy, degeneracy

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

Etymology

Compare to Khakas иргі (irgì).

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [erki]

Adjective

ergi

1. early
2. old

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, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 89