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Classical Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish marbnad.
Pronunciation
Noun
marbhna f
- an elegy, a soliloquy, a reflection
Declension
The IGT ii §3 inflection patterns derive from iā-stem inflections.
The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.
| marbhna, f., IGT ii §3
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| Case/Number
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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an mharbhna |
dá mharbhna |
na marbhna
na marbhnadha*
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| Vocative
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a mharbhna |
N/A |
a mharbhna
a mharbhnadha*
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| Accusative
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gan an marbhna |
gan dá mharbhna |
gan na marbhna
gan na marbhnadha*
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| Genitive
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na marbhna |
dá mharbhna |
na marbhna
na marbhnadh*
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| Dative
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don mharbhna |
do dhá mharbhna |
dona marbhnaibh
dona marbhnadhaibh*
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† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach)
‡ anomalous form (canamhain)
* extended plural (iollradh ard)
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Further reading
- Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §3, page 44
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “marḃna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marbhna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370