mrath

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate to Welsh brad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmr͈aθ/

Noun

mrath n (genitive mraith, nominative plural mrath or mratha)

1. verbal noun of marnaid

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mrathN	mrathN	mrathL, mratha
Vocative	mrathN	mrathN	mrathL, mratha
Accusative	mrathN	mrathN	mrathL, mratha
Genitive	mraithL	mrath	mrathN
Dative	mrathL	mrathaib	mrathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: brath
  • Irish: brath
  • Scottish Gaelic: brath

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mrath also mmrath after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mrath pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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