marb

Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Noun

marb m

  1. corpse, dead person
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

·marb

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of marbaid
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of marbaid

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
marb
also mmarb after a proclitic		 marb
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 marb
also mmarb after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “marb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “marbaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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