TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
marthain, f. (gs. -ana). 1. Var. vn. of mair. 2. Existence; lastingness, subsistence. Ar ~, alive; subsisting, extant. Le mo mharthain, as long as I live, all my life. 3. Sustenance, food. 4. (Of charm) An Mharthain Phádraig, St. Patrick’s sustaining prayer.