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

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

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