marsh
Betekenis (Engels)
An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)
Sinonieme
quag
muddy place
salt pond
moist meadow
miry place
wet meadow
swampy ground
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/mɑɹʃ/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.
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