marish
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French mares, marest, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin mariscus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mariskaz (“marsh”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
marish (plural marishes)
- (now poetic or archaic) A marsh.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “primum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X::
- Thenne sir Tristram departed / and in euery place he asked & demaunded after sir Launcelot / but in no place he coude not here of hym whether he were dede or on lyue / […] / Soo syr Tristram rode by a forest and then̄e was he ware of a fayre toure by a mareyse on that one syde / and on that other syde a fayr medowe
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XII:
- The Cherubim descended; on the ground / Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist / Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, / And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel / Homeward returning.
Adjective
marish (comparative more marish, superlative most marish)
- (now poetic or archaic) Marshy; growing in bogs or marshes.
- 1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dying Swan”, from Poems, Chiefly Lyrical:
- And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among,
- Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
- 1830, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dying Swan”, from Poems, Chiefly Lyrical:
Anagrams
Manx
Alternative forms
Preposition
marish
- with
- Va mee caggey marish my charrey. ― I was fighting with (i.e. alongside) my friend.
Inflection
Singular | Plural | ||||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd m. | 3rd f. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Normal | marym | mayrt | marish | maree | marin | meriu | maroo |
Emphatic | maryms | mayrts | marishyn | mareeish | marinyn | meriuish | maroosyn |
Derived terms
- fow marish (“have sex with”)
Pronoun
marish
- third-person singular of marish
Derived terms
- marishyn (emphatic)
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