marsh

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//mɑː(ɹ)ʃ//
United States//mɑɹʃ//
//mæʃ//

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

noun

1
An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
Many animals live in the marsh.
Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Germanic *mari Proto-West Germanic *mari Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *marisk Old English mersċ Middle English merssh English marsh 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.

Forms

plural: marshes

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marsh · An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.

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