Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From marbh (dead) +‎ -aigh; an Early Modern Irish formation replacing Old Irish marbaid, from marbh (dead).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

maraigh (present analytic maraíonn, future analytic maróidh, verbal noun marú, past participle maraithe)

  1. (transitive) kill, slay, murder

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maraigh mharaigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading edit