marfach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From marfa +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

marfach (genitive singular masculine marfaigh, genitive singular feminine marfaí, plural marfacha, comparative marfaí)

  1. deadly, fatal
  2. lethal
  3. cruel

Declension

Declension of marfach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative marfach mharfach marfacha;
mharfacha2
vocative mharfaigh marfacha
genitive marfaí marfacha marfach
dative marfach;
mharfach1 		mharfach;
mharfaigh (archaic) 		marfacha;
mharfacha2
Comparative níos marfaí
Superlative is marfaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

marfach m (genitive singular marfaigh)

  1. slaughter
  2. (literary) killer, slayer
    Synonyms: (literary) éachtach, marfóir

Declension

Declension of marfach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative marfach
vocative a mharfaigh
genitive marfaigh
dative marfach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an marfach
genitive an mharfaigh
dative leis an marfach
don mharfach

Mutation

Mutated forms of marfach
radical lenition eclipsis
marfach mharfach 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, § 138, page 54

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