morfa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh morfa.

Noun

morfa (plural morfas)

1. (Wales) A low wetland periodically flooded by salt water; a salt marsh.
   • 1947, James William Tutt, The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, volumes 59-60, page 46:

     [...] just inside the entrance to rabbits' burrows on the sandy "morfa" between Criccieth and Borth-y-gest, Carnarvonshire, and again in similar circumstances at Talybont [...] Fairly common in June on sandy "morfas" at Criccieth and Talybont, North Wales.

   • 2000, The Railway Magazine, volume 146, page 54:

     […] makes good use of the level areas across the morfas which fringe the Welsh peninsula. As a result, the special achieved flying averages of over a mile-a-minute from Ferryside to Loughor, with a maximum of 74mph for the 5.6 miles between Kidwelly and Pembrey.

   • 2017 October 19, Clive Chatters, Saltmarsh, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 125:

     The wildlife of the morfa, the saltmarshes, reflects the diversity of their setting whilst being distinctly Welsh. There is nothing immutable about this landscape and its wildlife; its heritage is one of change.

Portuguese

Verb

morfa

1. inflection of morfar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

morfa

1. inflection of morfar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• forma

Welsh

Etymology

From môr (“sea”) +‎ -fa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrva/

Noun

morfa m or f (plural morfâu or morfaoedd or morfeydd)

1. salt marsh

   Synonyms: morfa hallt, morfa heli

2. other marsh, fen

   Synonyms: cors, mign, siglen

Derived terms

• clwbfrwyn y morfa (“salt-marsh clubrush”)
• gold y morfa, rhuddos y morfa (“marsh marigold”)
• gwair morfa (“moor hay”)
• hocys y morfa, malw'r morfa, meddalai'r morfa (“marsh mallow”)
• morfa hallt, morfa heli (“salt marsh”)
• perllys y morfa (“wild celery”)
• saethbennig y morfa (“sea arrowgrass”)
• sêr y morfa, serenllysiau'r morfa (“sea asters”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of morfa

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
morfa	forfa	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.