máthair

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See also: màthair and Màthair

Irish

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
    Proto-Celtic *mātīr
    Old Irish máthir
    Irish máthair

    From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.[1]

    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

    Hypernyms

    Coordinate terms

    Derived terms

    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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
    ending in a vowel         		máthair
    pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/     		unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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