marnaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *marnati, from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmar.n̪əðʲ/
- (Blasse) [ˈmar.n̪ɪðʲ]
- (Griffith) [ˈmar.n̪ɨðʲ]

Verb

marnaid (conjunct ·mairn, verbal noun mrath)

to betray
to deceive, delude

Inflection

Historically, this verb is expected to belong to present class B IV, as the stem-final n is found only in the present stem, but the palatalization of the rn cluster in the third-person singular present conjunct form ·mairn forms shows that it is in the process of being taken over into another class. In Middle Irish it is often inflected as a weak verb of class A II, as shown by the third-person plural present absolute form mairnit and the third-person singular perfect form ro·mairnestar, in which the n has spread beyond the present tense.

Simple, class B IV present, t preterite, é future, a subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	singular	plural
present indicative	abs.
	conj.			·mairn
	rel.

imperfect indicative

preterite	abs.
	conj.				·mertamar
	rel.

perfect	deut.			ro·mert			ro·mertatar
perfect	prot.			·rumart

future	abs.							·mérthir
	conj.		·méra				·mérat
	rel.

conditional				·mérad

present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.		·mera				·romrat (ro-form)
	rel.

past subjunctive				·merad

imperative

verbal noun		mrath
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

Middle Irish: mairnid
⇒ Irish: braith (denominative from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Mutation of *marnaid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
marnaid also mmarnaid in h-prothesis environments	marnaid pronounced with /β̃-/	marnaid also mmarnaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.