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”).
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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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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