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marb

marb

Old Irish

Adjective

marb

  1. dead
  2. mortified, insensible, spiritually dead
  3. pertaining to the dead
  4. inanimate
  5. (water) stagnant
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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

Etymology 2

Noun

marb m

  1. corpse, dead person
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

·marb

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

Mutation

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

References

  • marb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • marbaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.