marbhna

Classical Gaelic

Alternative forms

• marbhnadh (inflectional variant)
• marbhnaidh (inflectional variant)

Etymology

From Middle Irish marbnad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarβnə/

Noun

marbhna f

1. an elegy, a soliloquy, a reflection

Declension

The IGT ii §3 inflection patterns derive from iā-stem inflections.

The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.

marbhna, f., IGT ii §3
Case/Number	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	an mharbhna	dá mharbhna	na marbhna na marbhnadha*
Vocative	a mharbhna	N/A	a mharbhna a mharbhnadha*
Accusative	gan an marbhna	gan dá mharbhna	gan na marbhna gan na marbhnadha*
Genitive	na marbhna	dá mharbhna	na marbhna na marbhnadh*
Dative	don mharbhna	do dhá mharbhna	dona marbhnaibh dona marbhnadhaibh*
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach) ‡ anomalous form (canamhain) * extended plural (iollradh ard)

Further reading

• Osborn Bergin (1916), “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §3, page 44
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Damian McManus (1994), “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370

Irish

Alternative forms

• mairbhne, marbhnaidh

Etymology

From Middle Irish marbnad.

Noun

marbhna m (genitive singular marbhna, nominative plural marbhnaí)

1. elegy

Declension

Declension of marbhna (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative marbhna marbhnaí vocative a mharbhna a mharbhnaí genitive marbhna marbhnaí dative marbhna marbhnaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an marbhna na marbhnaí genitive an mharbhna na marbhnaí dative leis an marbhna don mharbhna leis na marbhnaí

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “marḃna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 467
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “marbhna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN