Pota Focal Intergaelic
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
mapa mar maraigh marana marascal maratón marbh marbhán marbhánta marc marcach marcáil marcaíocht marfach margadh margaíocht margairín marmaláid marmar maróg Márta
marbh
ADJECTIVE
OPPOSITE: beo
dead
beo marbh?
dead or alive?
marbh le fada
he is long dead
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
marbh
ADJECTIVE
GRADED FORM
mairbhe
PLURAL
marbha
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
teanga mharbh í nach mbíonn á labhairt ach seanduine thall is abhus
it is a dead language spoken only by a few old people here and there
leanann ar aghaidh mar sin, beidh marbh faoi 50
if you continue like that, you will be dead by 50
marbh le fada.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
He has been dead for a long time.
Ar chúis éigin bhí eagla orm roimh na madraí marbha nach raibh cor astu.
Alan Titley: Gluaiseacht, An Gúm, 2009
For some reason I was afraid of the dead dogs even though they didn't even move.
Osama Bin Laden agus tromlach a shaighdiúirí marbh anois.
'Beo!', beo.ie
Osama Bin Laden and most of his soldiers are dead now.
Urnaí le comharsana a bhí ar shlua na marbh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
A prayer for neighbours who are among the dead.
siad uilig ar shlua na marbh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
They are all among the dead.
raibh a bhean marbh ach cupla go rabhathas á i modh rúin go raibh ag smaoineamh ar cheann eile a tharraingt air.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
His wife was only dead for a couple of days when people started saying in secret that he was thinking of helping himself to a new one.