mursen
Welsh
editEtymology
editPossible 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
editmursen f (plural mursennod)
Adjective
editmursen (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”)