maraid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mareti, from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.rəðʲ/

Verb

maraid (conjunct ·mair, verbal noun marthain)

  1. to last, persist, remain
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 263:
      "A ingen", ol Ailill, "ind ordnasc doratus-[s]a duit-siu in uraid, in mair latt? Tuc dam conda·accatar ind óic. Rot·bia-su íarum."
      "My daughter [Findabair]", said Ailill, "the ring I gave you last year, does it still remain on you? Bring it to me so that the warriors can see it. You can have it back afterwards."
  2. to survive, live

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, é future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. maraith marait
conj. ·mair
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj.
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs. méraid mérait
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·marathar
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative maired
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Irish: mair
  • Scottish Gaelic: mair

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mar-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 257-258

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