marbhna

Classical Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • marbhnadh (inflectional variant)
  • marbhnaidh (inflectional variant)

Etymology

From Middle Irish marbnad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmarβnə/

Noun

marbhna f

  1. an elegy, a soliloquy, a reflection

Declension

The IGT ii §3 inflection patterns derive from iā-stem inflections.

The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.

marbhna, f., IGT ii §3
Case/Number Singular Dual Plural
Nominative an mharbhna dá mharbhna na marbhna
na marbhnadha*
Vocative a mharbhna N/A a mharbhna
a mharbhnadha*
Accusative gan an marbhna gan dá mharbhna gan na marbhna
gan na marbhnadha*
Genitive na marbhna dá mharbhna na marbhna
na marbhnadh*
Dative don mharbhna do dhá mharbhna dona marbhnaibh
dona marbhnadhaibh*

† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach)
‡ anomalous form (canamhain)
* extended plural (iollradh ard)

Further reading

  • Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §3, page 44
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mairbhne, marbhnaidh[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish marbnad.[2]

Noun

marbhna m (genitive singular marbhna, nominative plural marbhnaí)

  1. elegy

Declension

Declension of marbhna (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative marbhna marbhnaí
vocative a mharbhna a mharbhnaí
genitive marbhna marbhnaí
dative marbhna marbhnaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an marbhna na marbhnaí
genitive an mharbhna na marbhnaí
dative leis an marbhna
don mharbhna 		leis na marbhnaí

References

  1. ^ “marbhna”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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