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
- dead
- mortified, insensible, spiritually dead
- pertaining to the dead
- inanimate
- (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 |
Etymology 2
A substantivization of the adjective.
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:
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
·marb
- inflection of marbaid:
- third-person singular preterite conjunct
- first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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