English

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.

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

References

1. ↑ They Thought You'd Say This

• “merch” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.