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Where does “marfóir” come from?
marfóir (Irish) comes from Irish marbh, from Old Irish marbh — dead.
marfóir
(Irish): killer
Definitions
killer
Ancestry of “marfóir”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Irish
marbh
dead; defunct; corpse, dead person
2
Old Irish
marbh
dead
Words derived from “marfóir”
féinmharfóir
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