adj
o, ā. adj. and subst. g
s
m.
máirm,
LU 5327
=
mairb,
TBC-I¹ 851.
n
p
m.
moírb,
Wb. 11b11
.
mairm,
LU 3478
(
SCC 25
).
marbh (o, m. subst.),
IGT Dec. § 96.
(a)
dead; (subst.) a dead person; mortal; in religious lit. often fig. in
sense either mortified, insensible, or spiritually dead
. Transl.
Lat. mortuus,
Wb. 3b6
,
4a6
,
Ml. 49c6
, etc. amal da marb i
n-adnacul two dead persons in a grave,
Wb. 20c26
.
esseírge
inna n-uile m.¤
,
13d16
.
asreracht Crist hó marbaib,
13b12
.
m.¤
cen anmain,
TBC-LL¹ 1571.
duine m.¤ hi curp beo,
PH 8382.
praind do tomailt la m.¤ hi tig with a dead man in the house,
Mon. Tall. § 65.
bit lia ar mairb oldáte ar mbí,
FB 5.
at
marbu (= marba) anmanda na n-uli doíne,
PH 2386.
doraga
do mess for bíu ┐ marbu,
3633
. dob'i sidhe cēd-marbh Erenn
diob the first of them to die in Ireland,
Leb. Gab.(i) i 74.
lá féile
na marb
All Souls' day
,
AFM iv 1084.15
. cisde na marbh a
coffin
,
Eg. Gl. 116.
(a
1)
dying; on the point of death; lifeless, unconscious
: ┐ se marb 'sin glind 'and he dying'
PMLA lvi 940
. grech muíce mairbe 'das Geschrei einer sterbenden Sau'
IT iii.1 104 § 201
,
Sitzungsb. Pr. Akad. 1919, 545 n. 3
.
dorala sain [sic leg.] marb di muaid móir ... ri ré cían,
TBC-LL¹ 4285, 4436
.
in liaig marb ... berti robad,
TBC(C) 2415
.
do thuit féin ... ┐ ba marb hé asa aithli acht gé dho éirig arís,
CF² 1338
.
(b) used idiomatically with poss. pron.: is mo beo ragas . . .
┐ mo m.¤ fócebthar icon dún I shall be left behind dead,
TBC-LL¹
1224
, cf.
1251
,
1332
. co tabrad a m.¤ ar(a) beolu a brathar
he was carried dead,
TBC-I¹ 1637.
conid a mm.¤ tarraid talam
a nónbur (= the nine of them fell dead to earth),
FB 84.
co
riacht a m.¤ dochum talman,
TTébe 2855
(= co riacht marbh,
Eg.).
(c) with cop. often as periphrasis for vb. to die: conid i
ngiallnus is m.¤ Fiachna so that F. died as a hostage,
RC xxiv
182.23
(cf. Lat. mortuus est).
dochoidh co Ferta . . . conadh
[ann] is marbh,
ZCP xiii 173.17
. bid m.¤ tussa fén anocht
thou shalt die,
PH 298.
ba m.¤ Lugaid a chetoir oca descin,
died immediately on beholding her,
Ériu v 212.2
.
conid and
robo m.¤
,
iii 136.37
. cid c'ait bud m.¤
wherever he might die,
Fen. 136.12
. Cf. similar use of Welsh marw. As pass. of
vb. marbaid: gommo m.¤ laiss cu Caulaind C.'s hound was
killed by him,
IT i 140.16
. nir ba m.¤ mac ria athair . . .
ocaind riam no son was ever killed by his father among us,
Alex. 881
(but prob. we should read with R. riana athair
= no son ever died before his father).
innis dó Cú Ch. do beth
marbh d'feraibh Éirenn,
Comp. CC 115.22
(
Med. and Mod. Ir. Ser. iii
). With ellipse of cop.:
m.¤ de chumaid a
oenmic,
MacCarthy 144.5
.
Gand, Genand, marba de thám,
150 § 2.
marba na caírig do brith a n-úan,
LL 218b15
(
TTr.
112
).
marbh Cusantin iartain,
BNnÉ 303 § 13.
(d) Of inanimate things and fig.: is m.¤ mo guth
exhausted
,
SCC 29.
an linn mh.¤
stagnant pool
,
RC xxiv 375.7
.
is dearbh
gur tír mharbh tír gan tighearna,
Maguires of F. § 88.
gráin
mharbh `
deadly
',
O'Gr. Cat. 532.5.
fer na pairilis[e] mairbe
deadly, fatal
,
RC xii 334 § 25.
m.¤ na pesde the monster's corpse,
BCC § 321.
Compds.
(a) with noun, used in various technical legal
terms (often oppd. to beo-):
¤bél: fer mar[b]beil (one who
cannot plead for himself),
Laws v 252.28 Comm.
¤coirpdire
`
dead-body-fine', fine for a fatal injury
(oppd. to beo-c., imposed for an injury not causing death),
Laws v 434.13 Comm.
;
Cóic Con. 55 § 124.
¤crod `
dead stock', property of the
dead
,
Laws v 430.26
; `
carcasses of the cattle
',
i 300.2 Comm.
¤dil `
dead chattels' i.e. inanimate possessions
(oppd. to beo-d.
`live stock'),
Laws ii 288.3
.
marbdili ┐ beocethra,
258.5
.
beodil ┐ marbdile,
Corm. Y 531.
trí bí focherdat marbdili (i.e.
cattle shedding their horns, a wood its leaves, cattle their
fell),
Triads 105.
¤dílse `
dead property
':
mairbdilsi .i. ni
dobeir nech fri hudacht .i. fri bas; no mairbdilsi .i. dilsi do na
hetar fuasnad tre bithu betha,
H 3.18 p. 392
(
O'Curry 871
), i.e.
either property bequeathed at death, or property permanently alienated in mortmain.
im ard [leg. ord] manach
marbdilsi (.i. inni ēm ordaiter do dilsi leisin manach marb),
Laws v 498.4
,
16
.
¤folad `
dead wealth':
is cach feistidh fiach
frisgni marbfolta nó is é gnías tagra iman folaid agartar for
in marb,
O'Dav. 896
=
claims on a dead man's estate?
¤gabáil f. a death-due
, apparently a duty levied on tenants
after their chief's death by his successor in order to pay to
the church the `cennaithe' of the deceased (Plummer MS. slips).
Laws i 184.5
,
20 fg.
m. .i. bai gaibter onn cheili do chomarba
na flatha mairbe,
H 3.18 p. 371a
(
O'Curry 799
). Perhaps same as:
togbail marbtha,
Laws ii 118 n
.
¤maicne, see maicne.
¤
maín f.: di nach marbmuin `
death-benefits
',
Laws ii 272.15
(glossed: cin maine dō on marb-sin).
¤manchaine f. see
maicne and manchaine.
¤riar f.
food-dues paid in dead
cattle
(Laws Gloss.): `
service due to chief after his death, such
as attending his funeral
, etc.'
O'Don. Sup.
deich mbeoriara ┐ secht mairbriara do flaith fo irgiallna: aen mairbriar
┐ secht mbeoriara do flaith cuitrig,
H 3.17, c. 415
(
O'D.
510
).
In other compds. meaning variously
dead, pertaining to the
dead, inanimate:
¤alt `
death-dirge
',
Metr. Dinds. iii 50.3
.
¤cích: athgabail dingbala meic dia marbchich a mathar
from his dead mother's breast,
Laws i 226.33
.
¤cnaí `
dead
fleece', covering of the dead:
im marbchnai n-armaige `for stripping the slain',
Laws i 174.30
, glossed:
in cnai bis dar in marb,
176.20
; a woollen shroud
, Loth,
RC xliii 407.
¤cró (crú)
blood of a dead person, gore:
o marbcru,
Laws i 140.31 Comm.
¤dúil f. a lifeless thing:
aitteoch frit cech beothach . . .
atteoch frit cech marbduil,
ZCP viii 232 § 9.
bennacht . . . for
a mbéoduil ┐ a marbdhuil,
iv 242.25
(leg. -dil for -duil?).
na
marbduile cen dliged cen tuicsi,
PH 3368.
¤édáil f.
lifeless
booty:
mairbedala mora ┐ capaill do thabairt leo,
AU ii 456.23
.
AFM iv 896.18
.
¤fásc
swathings of a corpse
, see
Eg. Gl. 362.
Dinneen
. Frequent in Mod.Ir. imprecation: marbh-ḟáisg ort!
¤gein (<gein birth, child?): as npr.
m.
Mairbgein mac Mogha
Ruith,
Anecd. ii 77.2
.
¤lia f. a grave-stone
,
Metr. Dinds. iv
94.36
.
¤linn f. a standing pool:
in mairblind,
YBL 83b16
.
¤nath see marbnad.
¤uisce
stagnant water
,
ACL iii 248.10
.
Auraic. 1321.
(b) with adj. formed from noun:
¤craidech
faint-hearted
,
RC xix 122 § 86.
marbhlamach
having a withered arm
,
BNnÉ
296.8
.