mearbhall
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish merball,[1] from Old Irish merfall (synchronically mer (“crazy”) + sel (“a turn”)), from Proto-Celtic *meroswelos.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mearbhall m (genitive singular mearbhaill, nominative plural mearbhaill)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mearbhall
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mearbhall | mhearbhall | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “merbal(l)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Stifter, David (2019) “An apple a day...”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 124, pages 171–218
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mearḃall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 475
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mearbhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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