àrd-athair

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From àrd- +‎ athair (compare Irish ardathair, Manx ard-ayr).

Noun

àrd-athair m (genitive singular àrd-athar, plural àrd-athraichean)

  1. patriarch
    Coordinate term: àrd-mhàthair