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marnaid

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *marnati, from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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marnaid (conjunct ·mairn, verbal noun mrath)

  1. to betray
  2. to deceive, delude

Inflection

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Historically, this verb is expected to belong to present class B IV, as the stem-final n is found only in the present stem, but the palatalization of the rn cluster in the third-person singular present conjunct form ·mairn forms shows that it is in the process of being taken over into another class. In Middle Irish it is often inflected as a weak verb of class A II, as shown by the third-person plural present absolute form mairnit and the third-person singular perfect form ro·mairnestar, in which the n has spread beyond the present tense.

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: mairnid
  • Irish: braith (denominative from the verbal noun)

Mutation

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Mutation of marnaid
radical lenition nasalization
marnaid
also mmarnaid after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
marnaid
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Further reading

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