maraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From marbh (dead) + -aigh; an Early Modern Irish formation replacing Old Irish marbaid, from marbh (dead).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠɪɟ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠəwi/[1] (corresponding to the form marbhaigh)

Verb

maraigh (present analytic maraíonn, future analytic maróidh, verbal noun marú, past participle maraithe)

  1. (transitive) kill, slay, murder

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading

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