Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos (dead) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (to die).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

marbh (genitive singular masculine mairbh, genitive singular feminine mairbhe, plural marbha, comparative mairbhe)

  1. dead
    Tá m’athair féin marbh.
    My own father is dead.
  2. defunct

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

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Noun edit

marbh m (genitive singular mairbh, nominative plural mairbh)

  1. corpse, dead person
    Synonym: marbhán
  2. (in the plural) the dead

Declension edit

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos (dead) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (to die).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

marbh

  1. dead
  2. defunct

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

marbh (past mharbh, future marbhaidh, verbal noun marbhadh, past participle marbhta)

  1. kill, murder

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

marbh m (genitive singular mairbh, plural mairbh)

  1. dead, stillness, quiet
  2. dead person, corpse

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
marbh mharbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also edit

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “marbh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language