mrath

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate to Welsh brad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɾaθ/

Noun

mrath n (genitive mraith, nominative plural mrath or mratha)

1. verbal noun of marnaid

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mrathN	mrathN	mrathL, mratha
vocative	mrathN	mrathN	mrathL, mratha
accusative	mrathN	mrathN	mrathL, mratha
genitive	mraithL	mrath	mrathN
dative	mrathL	mrathaib	mrathaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: brath
  • Irish: brath
  • Scottish Gaelic: brath

Mutation

Mutation of mrath

radical	lenition	nasalization
mrath also mmrath in h-prothesis environments	mrath pronounced with /β̃-/	mrath also mmrath

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

Further reading

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