marbhna

Classical Gaelic

Alternative forms

• marbhnadh (inflectional variant)
• marbhnaidh (inflectional variant)

Etymology

From Old Irish marbnad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marβnə/

Noun

marbhna f

1. an elegy, a soliloquy, a reflection

Declension

The IGT ii §3 inflection patterns derive from iā-stem inflections.

The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.

marbhna, f., IGT ii §3
Case/Number	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	an mharbhna	dá mharbhna	na marbhna na marbhnadha*
Vocative	a mharbhna	N/A	a mharbhna a mharbhnadha*
Accusative	gan an marbhna	gan dá mharbhna	gan na marbhna gan na marbhnadha*
Genitive	na marbhna	dá mharbhna	na marbhna na marbhnadh*
Dative	don mharbhna	do dhá mharbhna	dona marbhnaibh dona marbhnadhaibh*
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach) ‡ anomalous form (canamhain) * extended plural (iollradh ard)

Further reading

• Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §3, page 44
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “marḃna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marbhna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370