marb
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Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós, ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).
Adjective[edit]
marb
- dead
- mortified, insensible, spiritually dead
- pertaining to the dead
- inanimate
- (water) stagnant
Inflection[edit]
o/ā-stem | |||
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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 |
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
A substantivization of the adjective.
Noun[edit]
marb m
- corpse, dead person
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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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[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
·marb
- inflection of marbaid:
- third-person singular preterite conjunct
- first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
marb also mmarb after a proclitic |
marb pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer- (die)
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adjectives
- Old Irish o/ā-stem adjectives
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms
- sga:Death