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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mairg mhairg not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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