marsh

Значение (English)

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

Synonyms

swamp

bog

quagmire

morass

fen

mire

marshland

wetland

moor

slough

quag

pool

swampland

Moor

heath

salt marsh

swale

wetlands

ooze

fenland

pond

everglade

muddy place

salt pond

palus

moist meadow

miry place

wet meadow

swampy ground

bayou

bogland

carr

feces

fell

flat

glade

hog

jungle

low

march

mere

mud

paludal

peatland

prairie

quicksand

river

slack

swampy

well

Произносится как (IPA)

/mɑɹʃ/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: merssh

Inherited from староанглийский: mersċ

Cognate with западнофризский: mersk

Cognate with нидерландский: meers

Cognate with нидерландский: moeras

Cognate with немецкий: Marsch

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 and morass. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.