murw

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German murwi, from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Compare German mürbe (“tender”), Dutch murw (“weak”), English mellow (“relaxed”), Icelandic meyr (“tender”), Swedish mör (“tender”).

Adjective

murw

1. (Uri) friable, tender, mushy

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 62.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch murwe, morwe, variant forms of meru, merue (“soft, tender, weak”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Cognate with German mürbe, Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender”). More at mellow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏr(ə)ʋ/, /mʏrf/

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Adjective

murw (comparative murwer, superlative murwst)

1. weak, soft

Inflection

Declension of murw
uninflected	murw
inflected	murwe
comparative	murwer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		murw	murwer	het murwst het murwste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	murwe	murwere	murwste
	n. sing.	murw	murwer	murwste
	plural	murwe	murwere	murwste
definite		murwe	murwere	murwste
partitive		murws	murwers	—

Derived terms

• vermurwen

Descendants

• → West Frisian: morf, murf
• → Saterland Frisian: muur (possibly)