marfa

See also: Marfa and marfă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu مرفع (marfa’), ultimately from Yemeni Arabic مرفع (marfa’, “kettledrum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹfə/, /ˈmʌɹfə/

Noun

marfa (plural marfas)

  1. A percussion instrument thought to have originated in Africa
  2. A form of Hyderabadi music inspired by Afro-Arab music that typically uses such instruments

See also

  • timki

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish marbtha (“mortal, deadly”).[1]

Adjective

marfa

  1. synonym of marfach (“deadly, fatal, lethal; killing; intense, distressing”)

Participle

marfa

  1. past participle of marbh: alternative form of maraithe

Noun

marfa

  1. genitive singular of marbhadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of marfa
radical lenition eclipsis
marfa mharfa not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “marḃṫa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 716; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “marfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “marfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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