dúnmharú

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúnmharbhadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish duinemarbad (from Old Irish duine (“person”) + marbad (“killing”)). By surface analysis, dún- +‎ marú.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠvˠaˌɾˠuː/

Noun

dúnmharú m (genitive singular dúnmharaithe, nominative plural dúnmharuithe)

1. verbal noun of dúnmharaigh
2. murder
   • 18 October 2013 Foinse

     Chuaigh fear, 41 bliain d’aois, os comhair na cúirte ar maidin inniu agus é cúisithe maidir le dúnmharú Elaine O’Hara.

     A man, 41 years of age, went before a court this morning charged with the murder of Elaine O'Hara.

Declension

Declension of dúnmharú

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dúnmharú dúnmharuithe Vocative a dhúnmharú a dhúnmharuithe Genitive dúnmharaithe dúnmharuithe Dative dúnmharú dúnmharuithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dúnmharú na dúnmharuithe Genitive an dúnmharaithe na ndúnmharuithe Dative leis an dúnmharú don dúnmharú leis na dúnmharuithe

See also

• dúnbhású (“homicide”)
• dúnorgain (“manslaughter”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúnmharú	dhúnmharú	ndúnmharú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúnmharú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dunmarbad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúnṁarḃaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 270