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Irish word

mharaigh

to kill (past of maraigh)

verbmasculine/ˈvˠɑɾˠɪɟ/

mharaigh means “to kill (past of maraigh)” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈvˠɑɾˠɪɟ/.

Mutation forms

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Base formmharaigh
Séimhiúmhharaigh

mharaigh in context

Mharaigh sé é féin leis an ól.

He drank himself to death.

A2

Mharaigh sé mé.

He killed me.

A1

Dhéanfadh sé aon rud chun díoltas a bhaint as toisc gur mharaigh sé a athair.

He would do anything to take revenge on him because he had killed his father.

B1

B'fhéidir go raibh a fhios ag Bin Laden sular mharaigh fórsaí speisialta Mheiriceá é gur athraigh sé an domhan as cuimse.

Maybe Bin Laden knew before he was killed by American special forces that he had changed the world utterly.

B2

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finish

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says

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live

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certain, sure

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