mursen
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Welsh
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Etymology
[edit]Possible borrowing from Old French virgene (“virgin”), backformed with /m/ because /v/ is its soft mutation (see similar examples: mantais (“advantage”), melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mentr (“venture”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɨ̞rsɛn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɪrsɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞rsɛn̯
Noun
[edit]mursen f (plural mursennod)
Adjective
[edit]mursen (feminine singular mursen, plural mursen, equative mor fursen, comparative mwy mursen, superlative mwyaf mursen)
- affected
- Synonym: mursennaidd
Derived terms
[edit]- mursennaidd (“affected”)
Related terms
[edit]- gwas y neidr (“dragonfly”)