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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardathair n-ardathair hardathair t-ardathair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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