dwerghとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

発音

• IPA: /dwɛrx/, /dwɛrf/, /ˈdwɛriu̯/, /ˈdwɛriː/, /ˈdwar-/
• IPA: /dwarx/, /dwɛrx/ (Northern)

名詞

dwergh (plural dwerghes)

1. dwarf (individual with dwarfism)
2. dwarf, pygmy (member of a mythological race of dwarfs)
3. (derogatory) A term of abuse for a short person.

派生した語

• English: dwarf
• Scots: droich, droch, dwerch, duerch, duerche, dorche
  • → Scottish Gaelic: troich

参照

• “dwergh, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.