marla
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Irish marla, from Middle English marle. Doublet of marl.
Noun edit
marla (uncountable)
- (Ireland) Plasticine; modelling clay.
- 1996, Thomas Kinsella, Model School, Inchicore: Collected Poems, 1956-1994, page 229:
- Miss Carney handed us out blank paper and marla,
old plasticine with the colours
all rolled together into brown.
- 1997, Catherine Dunne, In the Beginning, page 107:
- As she sits and plays with Damien, she feels her legs start to tremble from the effort. Her knees seem to disappear.
Plasticine legs, she says to Damien. Old marla legs.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
marla (plural marlas)
- (Australia) A rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus), a small desert marsupial of Australia.
References edit
- rufous hare-wallaby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
marla (plural marlas)
- A unit of area used in the Indian subcontinent.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”).[1]
Noun edit
marla m (genitive singular marla)
- marl (mixed earthy substance)
- Synonym: móta liath
- modeling clay, plasticine
Declension edit
Declension of marla
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- marla buí (“yellow subsoil”)
- marla múnlaithe (“loam”)
Descendants edit
- → English: marla
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
marla | mharla | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “marl”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “marla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 468
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN