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Irish
Etymology
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)
- mother
Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.- God is strong and He has a good mother.
Declension
Alternative plural forms: máthaireacha, máthracha
Hypernyms
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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máthair
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mháthair
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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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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “máthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin , § 5
- ^ 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)
- Alternative spelling of máthir
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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máthair also mmáthair after a proclitic ending in a vowel
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máthair pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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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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