marb

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marv/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós, ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).

Adjective

marb

1. dead
2. mortified, insensible, spiritually dead
3. pertaining to the dead
4. inanimate
5. (water) stagnant

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	marb	marb	marb
Vocative	mairb* marb**
Accusative	marb	mairb
Genitive	mairb	mairbe	mairb
Dative	marb	mairb	marb
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	mairb	marba
Vocative	marbu marba†
Accusative	marbu marba†
Genitive	marb
Dative	marbaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: marbh
• Manx: marroo
• Scottish Gaelic: marbh

Etymology 2

A substantivization of the adjective.

Noun

marb m

1. corpse, dead person

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	marb	marbL	mairbL
Vocative	mairb	marbL	marbuH
Accusative	marbN	marbL	marbuH
Genitive	mairbL	marb	marbN
Dative	marbL	marbaib	marbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·marb

1. inflection of marbaid:
   1. third-person singular preterite conjunct
   2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
marb also mmarb after a proclitic	marb pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language