máthairtheanga

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Irish

Etymology

From máthair (“mother”) +‎ teanga (“language”).

Noun

máthairtheanga f (genitive singular máthairtheanga, nominative plural máthairtheangacha)

  1. (linguistics) mother tongue

Declension

Declension of máthairtheanga (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative máthairtheanga máthairtheangacha
vocative a mháthairtheanga a mháthairtheangacha
genitive máthairtheanga máthairtheangacha
dative máthairtheanga máthairtheangacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mháthairtheanga na máthairtheangacha
genitive na máthairtheanga na máthairtheangacha
dative leis an máthairtheanga
don mháthairtheanga 		leis na máthairtheangacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of máthairtheanga
radical lenition eclipsis
máthairtheanga mháthairtheanga not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “máthairtheanga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
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