Comment: Obl. base *meIrƛɨ- or *meIrƛe- (cf. Lezg. mirgi-, Rut. mixi-). Cf. also Ag. Bursh. murš, Fit. mirg; the Kryz. form (with a strange -ɣ reflex) may be a Lezg. loanword. In Ud. the word for 'horn' (muq:Ia) is derived from this root. 3d class in Rut. and Kryz.
