dúnmharú

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish duinemarbad (from Old Irish duine (“person”) + marbad (“killing”)).[1] By surface analysis, dún- +‎ marú.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːn̪ˠvˠaˌɾˠuː/

Noun

dúnmharú m (genitive singular dúnmharaithe, nominative plural dúnmharuithe)

  1. verbal noun of dúnmharaigh
  2. murder

Declension

Declension of dúnmharú (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dúnmharú dúnmharuithe
vocative a dhúnmharú a dhúnmharuithe
genitive dúnmharaithe dúnmharuithe
dative dúnmharú dúnmharuithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dúnmharú na dúnmharuithe
genitive an dúnmharaithe na ndúnmharuithe
dative leis an dúnmharú
don dúnmharú 		leis na dúnmharuithe

Quotations

  • 2013 October 18, Úna Ní Eidhin, “Fear (41) cúisithe as dúnmharú Elaine O'Hara i mBÁC”, in Foinse‎[1], archived from the original on 25 October 2013:
    Chuaigh fear, 41 bliain d’aois, os comhair na cúirte ar maidin inniu agus é cúisithe maidir le dúnmharú Elaine O’Hara.
    A man, 41 years of age, went before a court this morning charged with the murder of Elaine O'Hara.

See also

  • dúnbhású (“homicide”)
  • dúnorgain (“manslaughter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúnmharú
radical lenition eclipsis
dúnmharú dhúnmharú ndúnmharú

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

References

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

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