mearbhall

Irish

Alternative forms

• mearathal

Etymology

From Middle Irish merball, from Old Irish merfall (synchronically mer (“crazy”) + sel (“a turn”)), from Proto-Celtic *meroswelos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲaɾˠəwəl̪ˠ/

Noun

mearbhall m (genitive singular mearbhaill, nominative plural mearbhaill)

1. bewilderment, confusion, perplexity
2. daze, giddiness

Declension

Declension of mearbhall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mearbhall mearbhaill vocative a mearbhaill a mearbhalla genitive mearbhaill mearbhall dative mearbhall mearbhaill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mearbhall na mearbhaill genitive an mearbhaill na mearbhall dative leis an mearbhall don mearbhall leis na mearbhaill

Derived terms

• mearbhlán

Mutation

Mutated forms of mearbhall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mearbhall	mhearbhall	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mearḃall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 475
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mearbhall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN