marsh

See also: Marsh

English

Etymology

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”), German Marsch. More at mere.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹʃ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /mæʃ/[1]
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ

Noun

marsh (plural marshes)

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
Coordinate terms: bog, moor, swamp

live in the marsh

Derived terms

Translations

area of low, wet land

Afrikaans: moeras
Albanian: kënetë (sq)
Arabic: نَعْصَة‎ (naʕṣa), مُسْتَنْقَع‎ (mustanqaʕ)
Armenian: ճահիճ (hy) (čahič), ճահճուտ (hy) (čahčut)
Old Armenian: ճահիճ (čahič), եղտիւր (ełtiwr)
Assamese: জলাহ (zolah), পিটনি (pitoni)
Bashkir: һаҙ (hað)
Basque: zingira f
Bulgarian: блато (bg) n (blato), мочурище n (močurište), тресавище (bg) n (tresavište)
Catalan: aiguamoll (ca) m
Chamicuro: pnajmule
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沼澤／沼泽 (zh) (zhǎozé)
Coptic: ϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ m (helos)
Czech: bažina (cs) f, močál m, mokřad (cs) m
Danish: mose (da)
Dutch: moeras (nl) n, broek (nl) n, moer (nl) n
Eastern Bontoc: mamakpat ay lota mamapsong
Esperanto: marĉo (eo)
Estonian: lodu
Finnish: marskimaa (fi), suo (fi)
French: marais (fr)
Friulian: palût m, palûd
Galician: braña (gl) f, lamazal (gl) m, aluteiro m, groto (gl) m, groteiro m, lameiro (gl) m, corgo (gl) m, ulló m, marnel m, bufedal m, lenteiro m, trolla f, lagumeiro m
Georgian: ჭაობი (č̣aobi), ჭანჭრობი (č̣anč̣robi)
German: Marsch (de) f, Moor (de) n, Sumpf (de) m, Sumpfgebiet (de) n, Sumpfland (de) n, Bruch (de) m or n
Greek: έλος (el) n (élos)
Ancient: ἕλος n (hélos), τέλμα n (télma)
Hebrew: ביצה‎ (he) f (bitza)
Hungarian: mocsár (hu), láp (hu)
Icelandic: mýri (is)
Ido: marsho (io)
Ilocano: tanggal, alog
Irish: corcach f, corrach m, eanach m, riasc m, seascann m
Italian: palude (it) f
Japanese: 湿地 (ja) (しっち, shicchi), 湿原 (ja) (しつげん, shitsugen)
Korean: 습지 (ko) (seupji), 늪지 (neupji), 소택 (ko) (sotaek)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زەلکاو‎ (ckb) (zelkaw)
Latin: palūs f, lāma f
Latvian: purvs m, purvājs m, muklājs (lv) m, staignums m
Lithuanian: pelkė (lt)
Lubuagan Kalinga: byangbyang
Luxembourgish: Mouer (lb) m or n
Malay: rawa, rawang, paya
Malayalam: ചതുപ്പു നിലം (catuppu nilaṃ)
Manchu: ᠰᡳᠮᡝᠯᡝᠨ (simelen)
Manx: curragh m
Middle English: merssh
Norman: mathais m
Norwegian: mersk m
Bokmål: myr m or f, kjerr n

Nynorsk: myr f
Old English: mersc, merisc
Ottoman Turkish: باتاق‎ (batak), خلاش‎ (hılaş)
Persian: مانداب‎ (fa) (mândâb), مرداب‎ (fa) (mordâb), هور‎ (fa) (howr)
Plautdietsch: Somp m
Polish: bagno (pl) n, moczar (pl) m, mokradło (pl) n, błoto (pl) n
Portuguese: marisma, pântano (pt)
Russian: боло́то (ru) n (bolóto)
Scottish Gaelic: lèana m, boglach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀чвара f

Roman: mòčvara (sh) f
Shor: сас (sas)
Slovak: močiar m
Southern Kalinga: chakor wi tabwa
Spanish: ciénaga (es) f, marisma (es) f, pantano (es) m, ciénega f
Swedish: kärr (sv)
Tagalog: lati
Tibetan: འདམ ('dam)
Tocharian B: kärkkālle
Turkish: bataklık (tr)
Uyghur: سازلىق‎ (sazliq)
Vietnamese: đồng lầy, cánh đồng lầy, vùng đồng lầy
Welsh: cors (cy) f
Yucatec Maya: luuk ha', ch'uul ha'

References

Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 222.

Anagrams

Harms, Sharm, harms, mahrs, shram

Middle English

Noun

marsh

Alternative form of merssh

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[1] Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 222.