mairg

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old Irish mairg, mairc, moircc.

Noun

mairg f (genitive singular mairge, nominative plural mairgí)

  1. woe, sorrow
Declension
Declension of mairg (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mairg mairgí
vocative a mhairg a mhairgí
genitive mairge mairgí
dative mairg mairgí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhairg na mairgí
genitive na mairge na mairgí
dative leis an mairg
don mhairg 		leis na mairgí
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mairg

  1. genitive singular of marg

Mutation

Mutated forms of mairg
radical lenition eclipsis
mairg mhairg not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 186, page 93
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 76, page 32
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