marb

Old Irish

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós, ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).

Adjective

marb

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

Inflection

o/ā-stem
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 † not when substantivized

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

marb m

1. corpse, dead person

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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 ending in a vowel	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

• 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