My understanding of the grammar rules, and the dictionaries, tell me it should be 'marag (f) dHubh', but I see 'marag dubh' a lot.
Is the lenition being (selectively) blocked?
Obviously -g and dh- are articulated quite near each other, I'm not sure that's going to block lenition though — is just that people find it easier to articulate unlenited 'dubh' after -g, so are reasonably dropping it? Or is it an error that's become stuck.
'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
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Re: 'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
A cursory google search suggests that most of the incidents of marag dubh are by English speakers/writers. There is nothing in the sound or grammar rules of Gaelic that would suggest marag dubh is right in Gaelic. English of course is a case of make it up as you go along, so anything goes really
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Re: 'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
Taing.
Tha mi airson pìosan marag-dhubh a-nis…
Tha mi airson pìosan marag-dhubh a-nis…
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Re: 'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
And with the genitive: pìosan maraig-duibh(e)
An doir thu pìos dhith dhomh?
An doir thu pìos dhith dhomh?
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Re: 'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
ah, dhìochuimhnich mi sin.
Ach càit an deach an 'H' bho 'duibhe'?
Duilich, dh'ithe mi a h-uile pìosan. Gheibh mi tè eile nuair a bhios mi ann an Steòrnabhagh an ath-thuras.
Ach càit an deach an 'H' bho 'duibhe'?
Duilich, dh'ithe mi a h-uile pìosan. Gheibh mi tè eile nuair a bhios mi ann an Steòrnabhagh an ath-thuras.
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Re: 'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
dh'ith mi a h-uile nam pìosan.ithinkitsnice wrote:dh'ithe mi a h-uile pìosan
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Re: 'marag dhubh' no 'marag dubh'?
Dh'ith an tuiseal ginideach iithinkitsnice wrote:Ach càit an deach an 'H' bho 'duibhe'?
There is quite a bit of discussion going on about how to form compound nouns. I like to inflect (= apply cases) to the adjectives in noun-adjective combinations whenever they come with a hyphen.
Seo a' mharag-dhubh
Dh'ith mi pìosan na maraige-duibhe
Tha min-choirce anns a' mharaig-dhuibh (seann-nòsach) no anns a' mharag-dhubh (ùr-nòsach)
Dh'ith mi uighean le maraig-dhuibh (seann-nòsach) no le marag-dhubh (ùr-nòsach)
Seo na maragan-dubha
Dh'ith mi pìosan nam maragan-dubha
Oileanach chànan chuthachail
Na dealbhan agam
Na dealbhan agam