marbhán

See also: marbhan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish marbán. By surface analysis, marbh (“dead”) +‎ -án.

Noun

marbhán m (genitive singular marbháin, nominative plural marbháin)

1. dead body, corpse

Declension

Declension of marbhán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative marbhán marbháin vocative a mharbháin a mharbhána genitive marbháin marbhán dative marbhán marbháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an marbhán na marbháin genitive an mharbháin na marbhán dative leis an marbhán don mharbhán leis na marbháin

Synonyms

• ball marbh
• marbh

Mutation

Mutated forms of marbhán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
marbhán	mharbhán	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.