mursen

Welsh

Mursen las gyffredin (Enallagma cyathigerum)

Etymology

Possible borrowing from Old French virgene (“virgin”), backformed with /m/ because /v/ is its soft mutation (see similar examples: mantais (“advantage”), melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mentr (“venture”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɨ̞rsɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪrsɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞rsɛn̯

Noun

mursen f (plural mursennod)

1. coquette, female flirt
2. damselfly

Adjective

mursen (feminine singular mursen, plural mursen, equative mor fursen, comparative mwy mursen, superlative mwyaf mursen)

1. affected

   Synonym: mursennaidd

Derived terms

• mursennaidd (“affected”)

Related terms

• gwas y neidr (“dragonfly”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mursen	fursen	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.