"carse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑɹs/ [Scotland, US], /ˈkɛɹs/ [Scotland, US] Forms: carses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English kerrs, cars, of uncertain origin. Perhaps Celtic: the term is "first found in a semi-Gaelic form", Carsach (c. 1143); compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”). Alternatively, perhaps related to carr (“bog, march, swampland”) (perhaps suffixed with a variant of -ish, -sæ); compare Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kerrs|kerrs, cars}} Middle English kerrs, cars, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{circa|1143}} c. 1143, {{cog|cy|cars||bog, fen}} Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), {{m|cy|carsen||reed}} carsen (“reed”), {{m|br|kars}} kars, {{m|br|korsen||bog plant, reed}} korsen (“bog plant, reed”), {{m|en|carr||bog, march, swampland}} carr (“bog, march, swampland”), {{m|en|-ish}} -ish, {{m|enm|-sæ}} -sæ, {{m+|sv|kärr||fen; bog}} Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} carse (plural carses)
  1. (Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley. Tags: Scotland Categories (place): Landforms

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for carse meaning in English (3.8kB)

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