maraí

Irish

Alternative forms

• maraidhe (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Middle Irish maraide, a variant of Old Irish muiride (“marine; mariner”). Equivalent to muir +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠaˈɾˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠi/

Noun

maraí m (genitive singular maraí, nominative plural maraithe)

1. mariner, seaman

Declension

Declension of maraí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maraí maraithe vocative a mharaí a mharaithe genitive maraí maraithe dative maraí maraithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an maraí na maraithe genitive an mharaí na maraithe dative leis an maraí don mharaí leis na maraithe

Derived terms

• maraíocht (“seafaring”)
• rabhcán maraí (“sea shanty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of maraí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maraí	mharaí	not applicable

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) “maraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN