maraí

Irish

Alternative forms

maraidhe (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Middle Irish maraide, a variant of Old Irish muiride (“marine; mariner”). Equivalent to muir +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠaˈɾˠiː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾˠi/

Noun

maraí m (genitive singular maraí, nominative plural maraithe)

mariner, seaman

Declension

Declension of maraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maraí	maraithe
Vocative	a mharaí	a mharaithe
Genitive	maraí	maraithe
Dative	maraí	maraithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an maraí	na maraithe
Genitive	an mharaí	na maraithe
Dative	leis an maraí don mharaí	leis na maraithe

Derived terms

maraíocht (“seafaring”)
rabhcán maraí (“sea shanty”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maraí	mharaí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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