marshy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹʃi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃi

Adjective

marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)

1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.

   Synonyms: hoggy, quaggy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy

   the marshy nature of the ground

   • 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:

     Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.

   • 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:

     West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].

2. 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
• German: sumpfig (de), morastig (de), versumpft (de), moosig, moorig (de)
• Hungarian: mocsaras (hu), lápos (hu), ingoványos (hu), posványos (hu)
• Ido: marshoza (io), marshatra (io)
• Latin: palūdester, palūdōsus, paluster
• Latvian: staigns (lv), purvains, muklains, mukls
• Maori: reporepo, pōwharuwharu, kōreporepo
• Middle English: mersshy
• Polish: błotny (pl)
• Portuguese: pantanoso (pt)
• Russian: боло́тный (ru) m (bolótnyj), боло́тистый (ru) m (bolótistyj), то́пкий (ru) m (tópkij)
• Spanish: pantanoso (es), cenagoso (es)
• Venetian: aquitrinoso m

growing in marshy ground

• Hungarian: mocsári (hu)
• Polish: błotny (pl)
• Russian: боло́тный (ru) m (bolótnyj)

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• German: ^{(please verify)} sumpfig (de)