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
- (Uri) friable, tender, mushy
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [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”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marwaz. Cognate with German mürbe, Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender”). More at mellow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʏrf/, /mʏr(ə)ʋ/
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Adjective
murw (comparative murwer, superlative murwst)
- weak, soft
Inflection
Inflection of murw | ||||
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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
- vermurwen
Descendants
- → West Frisian: morf, murf