marb

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /marv/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *marwos (dead), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós, ultimately from the root *mer- (to die).

Adjective

marb

  1. dead
  2. mortified, insensible, spiritually dead
  3. pertaining to the dead
  4. inanimate
  5. (water) stagnant
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative marb marb marb
Vocative mairb*
marb**
Accusative marb mairb
Genitive mairb mairbe mairb
Dative marb mairb marb
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative mairb marba
Vocative marbu
marba
Accusative marbu
marba
Genitive marb
Dative marbaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants
  • Irish: marbh
  • Manx: marroo
  • Scottish Gaelic: marbh

Etymology 2

A substantivization of the adjective.

Noun

marb m

  1. corpse, dead person
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative marb marbL mairbL
Vocative mairb marbL marbuH
Accusative marbN marbL marbuH
Genitive mairbL marb marbN
Dative marbL marbaib marbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·marb

  1. inflection of marbaid:
    1. third-person singular preterite conjunct
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
marb
also mmarb after a proclitic
marb
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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