mareis
Old French
Alternative forms
- maresc
- marois
Noun
mareis m (oblique plural mareis, nominative singular mareis, nominative plural mareis)
- marsh
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Yonec
- devers le burc sunt li mareis
- in front of the city are the marshes
- devers le burc sunt li mareis
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Yonec
Descendants
- French: marais
- Norman: mathais (Jersey)
Portuguese
Verb
mareis
- second-person plural (vós) present subjunctive of marar
- second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) negative imperative of marar