marfóir
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From marbh (“dead”) + -thóir.
Noun
[edit]marfóir m (genitive singular marfóra, nominative plural marfóirí)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- féinmharfóir (“suicide”)
- marfóir máthar (“matricide”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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marfóir | mharfóir | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “marfóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “marfóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “marfóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024