marbaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *marwāti. By surface analysis, marb +‎ -aid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmarβɨðʲ]

Verb

marbaid (conjunct ·marba, verbal noun marbad)

  1. to kill, slay
    Synonym: orcaid
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 23b10
      Hó goistiu .i. do·bert goiste imma brágait fadesin ɔid·marb, húare nád ndigni Abisolón a chomairli.
      By a noose, i.e. he put a noose around his own neck so that it killed him, because Absalom did not follow his advice.
      (literally, “do his advice”)
  2. to annul, cancel
  3. (law) to alienate, amortise

Conjugation

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. marbu, marbaim marbai marbaid marbmai marbthae marbait marbthair marbtair
conj. ·marbu, ·marbaim ·marbai ·marba ·marbam ·marbaid ·marbat ·marbthar ·marbtar
rel. marbas marbmae marbtae marbthar marbtar
imperfect indicative ·marbainn ·marbtha ·marbad ·marbmais ·marbthae ·marbtais ·marbthae ·marbtais
preterite abs. marbsu marbsai marbais marbsaimmi marbsaithe marbsaithe marbthae marbthai
conj. ·marbus ·marbais ·marb ·marbsam ·marbsaid ·marbsat ·marbad ·marbtha
rel. marbas marbsaimme marbsait marbthae marbthai
perfect deut. ro·marbus ro·marbais ro·marb ro·marbsam ro·marbsaid ro·marbsat ro·marbad ro·marbtha
prot.
future abs. ·mairbfea mairbfe mairbfid mairbfimmi mairbfithe mairbfit mairbfidir mairbfitir
conj. ·mairbfiub ·mairbfe ·mairbfea ·mairbfem ·mairbfid ·mairbfet ·mairbfider ·mairbfetar
rel. mairbfes mairbfimme mairbfite mairbfider ·mairbfiter, ·mairbfetar
conditional ·mairbfinn ·mairbfeda ·mairbfed ·mairbfimmis ·mairbfide ·mairbfitis ·mairbfide ·mairbfitis
present subjunctive abs. marba marbae marbaid marbmai marbthae marbait marbthair marbtair
conj. ·marb ·marbae ·marba ·marbam ·marbaid ·marbat ·marbthar ·marbtar
rel. marbas marbmae marbtae marbthar marbtar
past subjunctive ·marbainn ·marbthar ·marbad ·marbmais ·marbthae ·marbtais ·marbthae ·marbtais
imperative marb marbad marbam marbaid marbat marbthar marbtar
verbal noun marbad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of marbaid
radical lenition nasalization
marbaid
also mmarbaid in h-prothesis environments
marbaid
pronounced with /β̃-/
marbaid
also mmarbaid

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

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