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Irish
Etymology
From máthair (“mother”) + ab (“abbot”).
Noun
máthairab f (genitive singular máthairaba, nominative plural máthairabaí)
- (Christianity) abbess
- Synonym: ban-ab
- Coordinate term: ab
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| máthairab
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mháthairab
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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