marbnad

Middle Irish

Etymology

marb +‎ nath

Noun

marbnad f

1. elegy, threnody

Descendants

• Classical Gaelic: marbhna
• Classical Gaelic: marbhnadh
• Classical Gaelic: marbhnaidh
• Irish: marbhna

Mutation

Mutation of marbnad

radical	lenition	nasalization
marbnad	marbnad pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “marbnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language