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Irish
Etymology
From máthair (“mother”) + teanga (“language”).
Noun
máthairtheanga f (genitive singular máthairtheanga, nominative plural máthairtheangacha)
- (linguistics) mother tongue
Declension
Declension of máthairtheanga
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| máthairtheanga
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mháthairtheanga
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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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Further reading
- “máthairtheanga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024