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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish marbtha (“mortal, deadly”).
Adjective
marfa
- Alternative form of maraithe
- Synonym of marfach (“deadly, fatal, lethal; killing; intense, distressing”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbtha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “marfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024