marsh

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• UK: /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/
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• obsolete: /mæʃ/
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From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: moeras — area of low, wet land
• Akkadian: agammum — area of low, wet land
• Albanian: kënetë — area of low, wet land
• Arabic: نَعْصَة (naʕṣa) — area of low, wet land
• Arabic: مُسْتَنْقَع (mustanqaʕ) — area of low, wet land
• Armenian: ճահիճ (čahič) — area of low, wet land
• Armenian: ճահճուտ (čahčut) — area of low, wet land
• Old Armenian: ճահիճ (čahič) — area of low, wet land
• Old Armenian: եղտիւր (ełtiwr) — area of low, wet land
• Assamese: জলাহ (zolah) — area of low, wet land
• Assamese: পিটনি (pitoni) — area of low, wet land
• Bashkir: һаҙ (haź) — area of low, wet land
• Basque: zingira — area of low, wet land
• Eastern Bontoc: mamakpat ay lota mamapsong — area of low, wet land
• Bulgarian: блато (blato) — area of low, wet land
• Bulgarian: мочурище (močurište) — area of low, wet land
• Bulgarian: тресавище (tresavište) — area of low, wet land
• Catalan: aiguamoll — area of low, wet land
• Catalan: marjal — area of low, wet land
• Chamicuro: pnajmule — area of low, wet land
• Chinese Mandarin: 沼澤 /沼泽 (zhǎozé) — area of low, wet land
• Coptic: ϩⲉⲗⲟⲥ (helos) — area of low, wet land
• Czech: bažina — area of low, wet land
• Czech: močál — area of low, wet land
• Czech: mokřad — area of low, wet land
• Danish: mose — area of low, wet land
• Dutch: moeras — area of low, wet land
• Dutch: broek — area of low, wet land
• Dutch: moer — area of low, wet land
• Esperanto: marĉo — area of low, wet land
• Estonian: lodu — area of low, wet land
• Finnish: marskimaa — area of low, wet land
• Finnish: suo — area of low, wet land
• French: marais — area of low, wet land
• Friulian: palût — area of low, wet land
• Friulian: palûd — area of low, wet land
• Galician: braña — area of low, wet land
• Galician: lamazal — area of low, wet land
• Galician: aluteiro — area of low, wet land
• Galician: groto — area of low, wet land
• Galician: groteiro — area of low, wet land
• Galician: lameiro — area of low, wet land
• Galician: corgo — area of low, wet land
• Galician: ulló — area of low, wet land
• Galician: marnel — area of low, wet land
• Galician: bufedal — area of low, wet land
• Galician: lenteiro — area of low, wet land
• Galician: trolla — area of low, wet land
• Galician: lagumeiro — area of low, wet land
• Galician: lagorza — area of low, wet land
• Georgian: ჭაობი (č̣aobi) — area of low, wet land
• Georgian: ჭანჭრობი (č̣anč̣robi) — area of low, wet land
• German: Marsch — area of low, wet land
• German: Moor — area of low, wet land
• German: Sumpf — area of low, wet land
• German: Sumpfgebiet — area of low, wet land
• German: Sumpfland — area of low, wet land
• German: Bruch — area of low, wet land
• Greek: έλος (élos) — area of low, wet land
• Greek: βάλτος (váltos) — area of low, wet land
• Ancient Greek: ἕλος (hélos) — area of low, wet land
• Ancient Greek: τέλμα (télma) — area of low, wet land
• Hebrew: ביצה (bitza) — area of low, wet land
• Hungarian: mocsár — area of low, wet land
• Hungarian: láp — area of low, wet land
• Icelandic: mýri — area of low, wet land
• Ido: marsho — area of low, wet land
• Ilocano: tanggal — area of low, wet land
• Ilocano: alog — area of low, wet land
• Indonesian: paya — area of low, wet land
• Indonesian: rawa — area of low, wet land
• Indonesian: rawa-rawa — area of low, wet land
• Irish: corcach — area of low, wet land
• Irish: corrach — area of low, wet land
• Irish: eanach — area of low, wet land
• Irish: riasc — area of low, wet land
• Irish: seascann — area of low, wet land
• Italian: palude — area of low, wet land
• Japanese: 湿地 (shitchi) — area of low, wet land
• Japanese: 湿原 (shitsugen) — area of low, wet land
• Lubuagan Kalinga: byangbyang — area of low, wet land
• Southern Kalinga: chakor wi tabwa — area of low, wet land
• Korean: 습지 (seupji) — area of low, wet land
• Korean: 늪지 (neupji) — area of low, wet land
• Korean: 소택 (sotaek) — area of low, wet land
• Central Kurdish: زەلکاو (zelkaw) — area of low, wet land
• Latin: palūs — area of low, wet land
• Latin: lāma — area of low, wet land
• Latvian: purvs — area of low, wet land
• Latvian: purvājs — area of low, wet land
• Latvian: muklājs — area of low, wet land
• Latvian: staignums — area of low, wet land
• Lithuanian: pelkė — area of low, wet land
• Luxembourgish: Mouer — area of low, wet land
• Malay: rawa — area of low, wet land
• Malay: rawang — area of low, wet land
• Malay: paya — area of low, wet land
• Malayalam: ചതുപ്പ് (catuppŭ) — area of low, wet land
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᠮᡝᠯᡝᠨ (simelen) — area of low, wet land
• Manx: curragh — area of low, wet land
• Middle English: merssh — area of low, wet land
• Nahuatl: achahuitl — area of low, wet land
• Norman: mathais — area of low, wet land
• Norwegian: mersk — area of low, wet land
• Norwegian Bokmål: myr — area of low, wet land
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr — area of low, wet land
• Norwegian Nynorsk: myr — area of low, wet land
• Old English: mersc — area of low, wet land
• Old English: merisc — area of low, wet land
• Persian: مانداب (mândâb) — area of low, wet land
• Persian: مرداب (mordâb) — area of low, wet land
• Persian: هور (howr) — area of low, wet land
• Plautdietsch: Somp — area of low, wet land
• Polish: bagno — area of low, wet land
• Polish: moczar — area of low, wet land
• Polish: mokradło — area of low, wet land
• Polish: błoto — area of low, wet land
• Portuguese: marisma — area of low, wet land
• Portuguese: pântano — area of low, wet land
• Portuguese: alverca — area of low, wet land
• Romanian: mlaștină — area of low, wet land
• Russian: боло́то (bolóto) — area of low, wet land
• Scottish Gaelic: lèana — area of low, wet land
• Scottish Gaelic: boglach — area of low, wet land
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀чвара — area of low, wet land
• Serbo-Croatian: mòčvara — area of low, wet land
• Shor: сас (sas) — area of low, wet land
• Slovak: močiar — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: ciénaga — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: marisma — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: pantano — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: ciénega — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: marjal — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: almarjal — area of low, wet land
• Spanish: armajal — area of low, wet land
• Swedish: kärr — area of low, wet land
• Tagalog: lati — area of low, wet land
• Tibetan: འདམ — area of low, wet land
• Tocharian B: kärkkālle — area of low, wet land
• Turkish: bataklık — area of low, wet land
• Ottoman Turkish: باتاق (batak) — area of low, wet land
• Ottoman Turkish: خلاش (hılaş) — area of low, wet land
• Ukrainian: багно́ (bahnó) — area of low, wet land
• Ukrainian: боло́то (bolóto) — area of low, wet land
• Uyghur: سازلىق (sazliq) — area of low, wet land
• Vietnamese: đồng lầy — area of low, wet land
• Vietnamese: cánh đồng lầy — area of low, wet land
• Vietnamese: vùng đồng lầy — area of low, wet land
• Welsh: cors — area of low, wet land
• Woiwurrung: tool — area of low, wet land
• Woiwurrung: turkeeth — area of low, wet land
• Yucatec Maya: luuk ha' — area of low, wet land
• Yucatec Maya: ch'uul ha' — area of low, wet land