marshy

English

Etymology

From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹʃi/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃi

Adjective

marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)

Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
Growing in marshy ground.

Derived terms

marshiness

Translations

of, or resembling a marsh; boggy

Bulgarian: мочурлив (bg) (močurliv), блатист (bg) (blatist)
Esperanto: marĉa
Finnish: soinen
French: marécageux (fr)
Galician: brañento
Hungarian: mocsaras (hu), lápos (hu), ingoványos (hu), posványos
Ido: marshoza (io), marshatra (io)

Latin: palūdester, palūdōsus, paluster
Latvian: staigns, purvains, muklains, mukls
Maori: reporepo, pōwharuwharu, kōreporepo
Portuguese: pantanoso (pt)
Russian: болотный (ru) (bolotnyj), болотистый (ru) (bolotistyj), топкий (ru) (topkij)
Spanish: pantanoso (es), cenagoso (es)

growing in marshy ground

Hungarian: mocsári

Russian: болотный (ru) (bolotnyj)

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German: ^{(please verify)} sumpfig

Novial: ^{(please verify)} marshatri

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