marfa
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish marbtha (“mortal, deadly”).
Adjective
editmarfa
- Alternative form of maraithe
- Synonym of marfach (“deadly, fatal, lethal; killing; intense, distressing”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marfa | mharfa | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbtha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “marfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024