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Irish
Etymology 1
From marmar + -igh.
Verb
marmaraigh (present analytic marmaraíonn, future analytic marmaróidh, verbal noun marmarú, past participle marmaraithe)
- (transitive) marble; mottle
Declension
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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marmaraím
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marmaraíonn tú; marmaraír†
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marmaraíonn sé, sí
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marmaraímid; marmaraíonn muid
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marmaraíonn sibh
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marmaraíonn siad; marmaraíd†
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a mharmaraíonn; a mharmaraíos / a marmaraíonn*
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marmaraítear
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past
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mharmaraigh mé; mharmaraíos
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mharmaraigh tú; mharmaraís
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mharmaraigh sé, sí
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mharmaraíomar; mharmaraigh muid
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mharmaraigh sibh; mharmaraíobhair
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mharmaraigh siad; mharmaraíodar
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a mharmaraigh / ar mharmaraigh*
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marmaraíodh
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past habitual
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mharmaraínn / marmaraínn‡‡
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mharmaraíteá / marmaraíteᇇ
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mharmaraíodh sé, sí / marmaraíodh sé, s퇇
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mharmaraímis; mharmaraíodh muid / marmaraímis‡‡; marmaraíodh muid‡‡
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mharmaraíodh sibh / marmaraíodh sibh‡‡
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mharmaraídís; mharmaraíodh siad / marmaraídís‡‡; marmaraíodh siad‡‡
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a mharmaraíodh / a marmaraíodh*
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mharmaraítí / marmaraít퇇
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future
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marmaróidh mé; marmaród; marmaróchaidh mé†
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marmaróidh tú; marmaróir†; marmaróchaidh tú†
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marmaróidh sé, sí; marmaróchaidh sé, sí†
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marmaróimid; marmaróidh muid; marmaróchaimid†; marmaróchaidh muid†
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marmaróidh sibh; marmaróchaidh sibh†
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marmaróidh siad; marmaróid†; marmaróchaidh siad†
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a mharmaróidh; a mharmarós; a mharmaróchaidh†; a mharmaróchas† / a marmaróidh*; a marmaróchaidh*†
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marmarófar; marmaróchar†
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conditional
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mharmaróinn; mharmaróchainn† / marmaróinn‡‡; marmaróchainn†‡‡
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mharmarófá; mharmaróchthᆠ/ marmarófᇇ; marmaróchthᆇ‡
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mharmaródh sé, sí; mharmaróchadh sé, sí† / marmaródh sé, s퇇; marmaróchadh sé, s톇‡
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mharmaróimis; mharmaródh muid; mharmaróchaimis†; mharmaróchadh muid† / marmaróimis‡‡; marmaródh muid‡‡; marmaróchaimis†‡‡; marmaróchadh muid†‡‡
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mharmaródh sibh; mharmaróchadh sibh† / marmaródh sibh‡‡; marmaróchadh sibh†‡‡
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mharmaróidís; mharmaródh siad; mharmaróchadh siad† / marmaróidís‡‡; marmaródh siad‡‡; marmaróchadh siad†‡‡
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a mharmaródh; a mharmaróchadh† / a marmaródh*; a marmaróchadh*†
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mharmarófaí; mharmaróchthaí† / marmarófa퇇; marmaróchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go marmaraí mé; go marmaraíod†
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go marmaraí tú; go marmaraír†
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go marmaraí sé, sí
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go marmaraímid; go marmaraí muid
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go marmaraí sibh
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go marmaraí siad; go marmaraíd†
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—
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go marmaraítear
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past
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dá marmaraínn
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dá marmaraíteá
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dá marmaraíodh sé, sí
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dá marmaraímis; dá marmaraíodh muid
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dá marmaraíodh sibh
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dá marmaraídís; dá marmaraíodh siad
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—
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dá marmaraítí
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imperative
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marmaraím
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marmaraigh
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marmaraíodh sé, sí
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marmaraímis
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marmaraígí; marmaraídh†
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marmaraídís
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—
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marmaraítear
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verbal noun
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marmarú
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past participle
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marmaraithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
marmaraigh
- inflection of marmarach:
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marmaraigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “marmaraigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “marmaraigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025