mrath

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate to Welsh brad.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmr͈aθ/

Noun

mrath n (genitive mraith, nominative plural mrath or mratha)

verbal noun of marnaid

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mrath^N	mrath^N	mrath^L, mratha
vocative	mrath^N	mrath^N	mrath^L, mratha
accusative	mrath^N	mrath^N	mrath^L, mratha
genitive	mraith^L	mrath	mrath^N
dative	mrath^L	mrathaib	mrathaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: brath
- Irish: brath
- Scottish Gaelic: brath

Mutation

Mutation of *mrath*
radical	lenition	nasalization
mrath also mmrath in h-prothesis environments	mrath pronounced with /β̃-/	mrath also mmrath

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mrath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language