ardathair

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Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ athair (compare Manx ard-ayr, Scottish Gaelic àrd-athair).

Noun

ardathair m (genitive singular ardathar, nominative plural ardaithreacha)

  1. patriarch
    Synonyms: patrarc, uasalathair

Declension

Declension of ardathair (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ardathair ardaithreacha
vocative a ardathair a ardaithreacha
genitive ardathar ardaithreacha
dative ardathair ardaithreacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ardathair na hardaithreacha
genitive an ardathar na n-ardaithreacha
dative leis an ardathair
don ardathair 		leis na hardaithreacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardathair
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardathair n-ardathair hardathair t-ardathair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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