murw

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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

  1. (Uri) friable, tender, mushy

References

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)

  1. weak, soft

Inflection

Declension 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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