marb

Old Irish

From Proto-Celtic *marwos (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós, ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”).

marb

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	marb	marb	marb
Vocative	mairb* marb**	marb
Accusative	marb	mairb
Genitive	mairb	mairbe	mairb
Dative	marb	mairb	marb
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	mairb	marba
Vocative	marbu marba†
Accusative	marbu marba†
Genitive	marb
Dative	marbaib
Notes	modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative *modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

A substantivization of the adjective.

marb m

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	marb	marb^L	mairb^L
Vocative	mairb	marb^L	marbu^H
Accusative	marb^N	marb^L	marbu^H
Genitive	mairb^L	marb	marb^N
Dative	marb^L	marbaib	marbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

·marb

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

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

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “marbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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