marbaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *marwāti. By surface analysis, marb +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarβɨðʲ]

Verb

marbaid (conjunct ·marba, verbal noun marbad)

1. to kill, slay

   Synonym: orcaid

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 23^b10

     Hó goistiu .i. do·bert goiste imma brágait fadesin ɔid·marb, húare nád ndigni Abisolón a chomairli.

     By a noose, i.e. he put a noose around his own neck so that it killed him, because Absalom did not follow his advice.

     (literally, “do his advice”)

2. to annul, cancel
3. (law) to alienate, amortise

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.	marbu, marbaim	marbai	marbaid	marbmai	marbthae	marbait	marbthair	marbtair
	conj.	·marbu, ·marbaim	·marbai	·marba	·marbam	·marbaid	·marbat	·marbthar	·marbtar
	rel.			marbas	marbmae		marbtae	marbthar	marbtar
imperfect indicative		·marbainn	·marbtha	·marbad	·marbmais	·marbthae	·marbtais	·marbthae	·marbtais
preterite	abs.	marbsu	marbsai	marbais	marbsaimmi	marbsaithe	marbsaithe	marbthae	marbthai
	conj.	·marbus	·marbais	·marb	·marbsam	·marbsaid	·marbsat	·marbad	·marbtha
	rel.			marbas	marbsaimme		marbsait	marbthae	marbthai
perfect	deut.	ro·marbus	ro·marbais	ro·marb	ro·marbsam	ro·marbsaid	ro·marbsat	ro·marbad	ro·marbtha
	prot.
future	abs.	·mairbfea	mairbfe	mairbfid	mairbfimmi	mairbfithe	mairbfit	mairbfidir	mairbfitir
	conj.	·mairbfiub	·mairbfe	·mairbfea	·mairbfem	·mairbfid	·mairbfet	·mairbfider	·mairbfetar
	rel.			mairbfes	mairbfimme		mairbfite	mairbfider	·mairbfiter, ·mairbfetar
conditional		·mairbfinn	·mairbfeda	·mairbfed	·mairbfimmis	·mairbfide	·mairbfitis	·mairbfide	·mairbfitis
present subjunctive	abs.	marba	marbae	marbaid	marbmai	marbthae	marbait	marbthair	marbtair
	conj.	·marb	·marbae	·marba	·marbam	·marbaid	·marbat	·marbthar	·marbtar
	rel.			marbas	marbmae		marbtae	marbthar	marbtar
past subjunctive		·marbainn	·marbthar	·marbad	·marbmais	·marbthae	·marbtais	·marbthae	·marbtais
imperative			marb	marbad	marbam	marbaid	marbat	marbthar	marbtar
verbal noun		marbad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• uilemarbaid

Mutation

Mutation of marbaid

radical	lenition	nasalization
marbaid also mmarbaid after a proclitic ending in a vowel	marbaid pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language