maraigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From marbh (dead) +‎ -aigh; an Early Modern Irish formation replacing Old Irish marbaid, from marbh (dead).

Pronunciation

Verb

maraigh (present analytic maraíonn, future analytic maróidh, verbal noun marú, past participle maraithe)

  1. (transitive) kill, slay, murder

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of maraigh
radical lenition eclipsis
maraigh mharaigh 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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

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