marbnad

Middle Irish

Etymology

marb +‎ nath

Pronunciation

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈmarβnəð/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈmarβnəɣ/

Noun

marbnad f

  1. elegy, threnody

Descendants

  • Classical Gaelic: marbhna, marbhnadh (inflectional variant), marbhnaidh (inflectional variant)
  • Irish: marbhna

Mutation

Mutation of marbnad
radical lenition nasalization
marbnad
also mmarbnad after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		marbnad
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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

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