marbaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *marwāti. Equivalent to marb +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarβɨðʲ]

Verb

marbaid (conjunct ·marba, verbal noun marbad)

1. to kill, slay

   Synonym: orcaid

2. to annul, cancel
3. (law) to alienate, amortise

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Abs.	marbu, marbaim	marbai	marbaid	marbmai	marbthae	marbait	marbthair
	Conj.	·marbu, ·marbaim	·marbai	·marba	·marbam	·marbaid	·marbat	·marbthar
	Rel.
Imperfect indicative
Preterite	Abs.			marbais
	Conj.	·marbus		·marb			·marbsat
	Rel.
Perfect	Deut.			ro·marb			ro·marbsat
	Prot.
Future	Abs.			mairfid
	Conj.		·mairbfe		·mairfem			·mairfider
	Rel.
Conditional				·marfed					·mairfitis
Present subjunctive	Abs.								marbitir
	Conj.	·marb		·marba
	Rel.
Past subjunctive		·marbaind							·marbtais
Imperative
Verbal noun		marbad
Past participle
Verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• uilemarbaid

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language