marbh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑɾˠəvˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠarˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠarˠu/

Adjective

marbh (genitive singular masculine mairbh, genitive singular feminine mairbhe, plural marbha, comparative mairbhe)

  1. dead
    Tá m’athair féin marbh.
    My own father is dead.
  2. defunct

Declension
Declension of marbh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative marbh mharbh marbha;
mharbha²
Vocative mhairbh marbha
Genitive mairbhe marbha marbh
Dative marbh;
mharbh¹		 mharbh;
mhairbh (archaic)		 marbha;
mharbha²
Comparative níos mairbhe
Superlative is mairbhe

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

Noun

marbh m (genitive singular mairbh, nominative plural mairbh)

  1. corpse, dead person
    Synonym: marbhán
  2. (in the plural) the dead

Declension
Declension of marbh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marbh mairbh
Vocative a mhairbh a mharbha
Genitive mairbh marbh
Dative marbh mairbh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an marbh na mairbh
Genitive an mhairbh na marbh
Dative leis an marbh

don mharbh

 leis na mairbh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
marbh mharbh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɾav/

Adjective

marbh

  1. dead
  2. defunct

Synonyms

Verb

marbh (past mharbh, future marbhaidh, verbal noun marbhadh, past participle marbhte)

  1. kill, murder

Noun

marbh m (genitive singular mairbh, plural mairbh)

  1. dead, stillness, quiet
  2. dead person, corpse

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
marbhmharbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “marbh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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