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mhòir, like a yrcat river. — Skw. Ps. But if tlio noun have
the article, it is governed as the nominative; as, Mar a
ghriaii, like the sun ; mar uisge bhalbh, like still waters. —
Oss. Fill, and Lor. Ni 's mo mar airdo a chinn, a head
higher ; higher bij the height of the head. — Mac Lack.
Mar gun, as if; mar gu, as if; mar gum b' ann, as if it
were; mar gum b' eadh, as it were; mar aon, together, as
one ; mar an ceudna, also ; mar chomhla, together ; mar
sin, in that manner, as that, so; dircach mar sin, exactly
so, just so; mar so, thus, as this ; mar sud, in your manner ;
mar sin fhein, so and so.
Mar fiiein, a provincial mode of expression, signifying
on my word, by my troth ; it is perhaps a corruption of
Moire fhein.
Maua, gen. sing, of muir; which see.
Mauag, aig, «./. {Ir. id.) A blood-pudding; a sausage;
in ridicule, a pot-bellied person. Marag dubh, a blood-
pudding hardened in smoke. N. pi. maragan. Cha truagh
CÌJ is marag mu 'anihaich, a dog is not to be pitied who has a
sausage about his neck. — G. P.
.Marag ACH, a. Like a pudding; abounding in puddings ;
pot-bellied.
Maraiche, s. m. A mariner, a marine. N.pl. maraichean.
Is dorcli' ars' am maraich' an oidhche, dark, said the
mariner, is the night. — Oss. Duthona.
Maraig, (yew. sing, of marag; which see.
Maraik, gen. sing, of maran.
Maraiste, s.f. (Lat.mo.ntui, husbaiid.) A marriage; a
match ; a husband. N. pi. maraisteaii.
Maraisteach, a. Marriageable; fond of making matches.
MÀRAN, ain, s. m. Entertainment; a feasting; a voice; a
low voice ; a murmur. Le maran 's le mireadh, wi^/tyeasf-
ing and fun. — Old Song. Cumhach air lag mhàrain, dis-
consolate, with a faint voice.- — Death of Carril. Maran
signifying a voice or murmur, ought perhaps to be mànran.
Maran ACH, a. (/rom maran.) Hospitable; feasting; con-
vivial ; murmuring. Bitheamaid maranach geanach, let
iis be hospitable and good-humoured. — -Old Song.
Mar ax ceudna, adv. Also; too ; in like manner.
Maranna, MARA>;NAy, n. pi. of muir. Seas. — Stew. Gen.
ref.
Maraon, adv. (mar and aon.) Together, in concert, as one.
A ghluais iad maraon, they moved together. — Oss. Tern.
Chi am mairiche an uaigh maraon, the mariners shall see
their graves as one. — Oss. Fing.
Maras, ais, s. VI. {Ir. id.) A myriad; ten thousand. —
Shaw.
Marascal, Marasgal, ail, s. ??i. (Ir.id.) A marshal ; a
master; a regulator; subjection. Marasgal feachd, a_^VW-
marshal ; feachd-mharasgal, a field-marshal. Cuir air
droch mharasgal, set a bad master over him. — Old Song.
Marascalacii, Marasgalach, a. Marshalling; like a
marshal; of, or belonging to, a marshal.
Marasclachadh, Marasglachadh, aidh, s. m. A mar-
shalling; a regulating; a superintending.
Marasclachd, Marasglaciid, s.f. Marshalling; regu-
lation ; superintendence ; the office or rank of a marshal.
Fuidh raharasglachd-san, under his subjection. — Stexv.
1 Pet. ref.
Marasglaich, v. a. Superintend; regulate; marshal.
Pret. a. mharasglaich ; fut. aff. a. marasglaichidh.
Marbh, a. Dead, lifeless; benumbed, torpid: spiritless;
dull; vapid or stale, as beer. Duine marbh, a dead man.
Arm. den mani. Corp marbh, a dead body. Arm. corf
maru. In V'annes, they say, corf marv. Laogh marbh, a
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dead cnlf. Arm. hieou maru. Leann marbh, stale beer.
Com. and sup. mairbhe.
[r. marbh. W. marw. Corn, marrow. Arm. maru,
maro, and marff.
Mariìii, s. in. A time of gloom or stillness. Marbh na
h-oidche, the gloom ox dead of night. Marbh a ghearah-
raidh, tiie dead of winter.
Marbh, D. a. Kill, massacre; make stale or flat. Pret. a.
mharbh, killed; fut, aff. a. marbhaidh, shall kill ; fut. pass.
marbhar.
Maubhacii, a. (Ir.id.) Deadly; destructive; poisonous;
sanguinary, cruel. Coin, atid sup. marbhaiche.
Mariuiadaik, s. m. A murderer, a slayer, a sanguinary
warrior. N. pi. marbhadairean.
Mariuiadii, aidh, s. wj. (Ir.id.) A slaying, a butchering,
a massacring ; slaughter, massacre. Chum a mharbhaidh,
to the slaughter. — -Stew. Pro. ref. Mortadh is marbhadh,
massacre.
MARnnAiBii, d. pi. of mairbhe. To the dead. Also, 2 /)?.
imper. a. of marbh, kill ye.
Marbhaiche, s. »i. A slayer, a murderer. Gun teicii am
marbhaiche, that the slayer 7nay fly. — Stetv. Num.
Marbhaidh, gen. sing, of marbhadh; also, /(«<. pass, of
marbh.
Marbhain, gen. sing, of marbhan ; which see.
Maubhaisg, s.y. (marbh, deac/, and fàisg, squeeze.) Afatal
end ; a catastrophe ; woe.
jlfeWfaisg orZ is a common imprecation among both the Scotcli
and Irish Celts; and, as may be seen from the composition of the
word marbhaiyg, calls down death by drowning. In such cases, the
body was tied to a plank, and carried wet and dropping to the place
of interment. Or, perhaps the orthography is murhh-pkaisg, a
shroud ; if so, the imprecation merely invokes death, widiout any
allusion to the manner of it.
Marbh AM, 1 sing, imper. of marbh, let me kill; or for
marbhaidh mi, / shall kill.
Marbhan, ain, s. m. from marbh. (Ir. id.) A dead body,
a carcass. Cha d' theid do mharbhan, thy carcass shall not
go. — Stew. 1 K. N. pi. marbhain.
Marbhanach, a. (Ir. id.) Like a carcass; full of car-
casses ; of, or belonging to, a carcass.
Marbhant.v, a., from marbh. (/;-. id.) Inactive, dull,
spiritless; torpid; benumbed; lukewarm. Gu marbhanta,
inactively, in a spiritless manner.
Marbhantachd, s. (Ir. id.) Inactivensss, dulness, dcad-
ness, spiritlessness, torpidness ; lukewarmness.
Marbii-aodach, aich, s. m. Dead-clothes, a shroud.
Marbh-aodaich, v. a. Shroud; clothe or dress a dead
body.
MARBiicHUAS,akJ, s. »j. A carcass. iV. ;;^. marbh-chrasan.
MAUBH-DHuriDn, s. m. A necromancer. N. pi. marbh-
dhruidhean.
Marbh-dhruidiieacii, a. Necromantic.
Marbh-dhruidheachd, s./. (Ir.id.) Necromancy.
Marbh-fhonn, -fhuinn, s. m. A funeral air; a dead
nuiich. — Oss. Tern.
Mar-ehith, prep, and conj. Were it not. Mar-bhith thusa,
were it not for you; mar-bhith gun d' thàinig e,zvere it not
that he came.
Marbh-lath, s. m. A dull heavy day ; a still cloudy day.
Marbii-lap, t;. )!. Become benumbed or frost-bitten; be-
come torpid.
Marbh-lapach, a. Benumbed, frost-bitten; causing tor-
por or paralysis.
Marbhnach, aich, s. m. An epitaph, an elegy.
Marbh-phaisg, s. /. (marbh and paisg, wrap.) A death-