máthair

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See also: màthair and Màthair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

Noun

máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)

  1. mother
    Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.
    God is strong and He has a good mother.

Declension

Declension of máthair

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative máthair máithreacha
Vocative a mháthair a mháithreacha
Genitive máthar máithreacha
Dative máthair máithreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mháthair na máithreacha
Genitive na máthar na máithreacha
Dative leis an máthair

don mháthair

leis na máithreacha

Alternative plural forms: máthaireacha, máthracha

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
máthair mháthair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “máthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46
  3. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt‎ (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin , § 5
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 7, page 7

Further reading

Old Irish

Noun

máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)

  1. Alternative spelling of máthir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
máthair
also mmáthair after a proclitic 		máthair
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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