marfach
Irish
Alternative forms
- marbhthach (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Adjective
marfach (genitive singular masculine marfaigh, genitive singular feminine marfaí, plural marfacha, comparative marfaí)
Declension
Declension of marfach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | marfach | mharfach | marfacha; mharfacha² | |
| Vocative | mharfaigh | marfacha | ||
| Genitive | marfaí | marfacha | marfach | |
| Dative | marfach; mharfach¹ |
mharfach; mharfaigh (archaic) |
marfacha; mharfacha² | |
| Comparative | níos marfaí | |||
| Superlative | is marfaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- leitís mharfach (“paralysis”)
- peaca marfach (“mortal sin”)
- marfacht (“deadliness, violent oppressiveness”)
Noun
marfach m (genitive singular marfaigh)
Declension
Declension of marfach
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marfach | mharfach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marfach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “marfach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “marfach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
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