marla
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English
Etymology 1
From Irish marla, from Middle English marle. Doublet of marl.
Noun
marla (uncountable)
- (Ireland) Plasticine; modelling clay.
- 1996, Thomas Kinsella, Model School, Inchicore: Collected Poems, 1956-1994, page 229:
- Miss Carney handed us out blank paper and marla,
old plasticine with the colours
all rolled together into brown.
- 1997, Catherine Dunne, In the Beginning, page 107:
- As she sits and plays with Damien, she feels her legs start to tremble from the effort. Her knees seem to disappear.
Plasticine legs, she says to Damien. Old marla legs.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Noun
marla (plural marlas)
- (Australia) A rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus), a small desert marsupial of Australia.
References
rufous hare-wallaby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
Noun
marla (plural marlas)
- A unit of area used in the Indian subcontinent.
Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”).
Noun
marla m (genitive singular marla)
- marl (mixed earthy substance)
- Synonym: móta liath
- modeling clay, plasticine
Declension
Declension of marla
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- marla buí (“yellow subsoil”)
- marla múnlaithe (“loam”)
Descendants
- → English: marla
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| marla | mharla | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “marl”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “marla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 468
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN