marú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maru"

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

marú m (genitive singular maraithe, nominative plural maruithe)

  1. verbal noun of maraigh
    Bhí sé ag marú iasc.
    He was fishing.
    (literally, “He was killing fish.”)
  2. killing (an instance of someone being killed)
  3. slaughter, killing (of animals)

Declension

Declension of marú (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative marú maruithe
vocative a mharú a mharuithe
genitive maraithe maruithe
dative marú maruithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an marú na maruithe
genitive an mharaithe na maruithe
dative leis an marú
don mharú 		leis na maruithe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of marú
radical lenition eclipsis
marú mharú not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 132, page 51

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