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
References
- Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 62.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch murwe, morwe, variant forms of meru, merue (“soft, tender, weak”). Cognate with German mürbe, Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender”). More at mellow.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
murw (comparative murwer, superlative murwst)
Inflection
| Inflection 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
Descendants
- → West Frisian: morf, murf
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