Irish

Adjective

marbh ‎(genitive singular masculine mairbh, genitive singular feminine mairbhe, plural marbha, comparative mairbhe)

1. dead

   Tá m’athair féin marbh.‎

   My own father is dead.

2. defunct

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• bás
• éag

Noun

marbh m ‎(genitive singular mairbh, nominative plural mairbh)

1. corpse, dead person
2. (in the plural) the dead

Declension

Synonyms

• (corpse): marbhán

Mutation

References

• "marbh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “marb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish marb, from Proto-Celtic *marwos ‎(“dead”) (compare Welsh marw), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥wós (compare *mr̥tós), ultimately from the root *mer- ‎(“to die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾav/

Adjective

marbh

1. dead
2. defunct

Synonyms

• fon fhòid
• nach maireann

Verb

marbh ‎(past mharbh, future marbhaidh, verbal noun marbhadh, past participle marbhte)

1. kill, murder

Noun

marbh m ‎(genitive singular mairbh, plural mairbh)

1. dead, stillness, quiet
2. dead person, corpse

Mutation

See also

• bàs

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “marb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.