máthair
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑ̃hɪɾʲ/[3], /ˈmˠahæɾʲ/[4]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of máthair
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative plural forms: máthaireacha, máthracha
Hypernyms[edit]
- tuismitheoir (“parent”)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- leasmháthair (“stepmother”)
- máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)
- máthair shúigh (“squid”)
- máthairab (“abbess”)
- máthairchlár (“motherboard”)
- máthairtheanga (“mother tongue”)
- ríonmháthair (“queen mother”)
- seanmháthair (“grandmother”)
Related terms[edit]
- máithriúil (“motherly”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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[1] (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 5
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 7, page 7
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “máthair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)
- Alternative spelling of máthir
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| máthair also mmáthair after a proclitic |
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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- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
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- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish fifth-declension nouns
- ga:Female family members
- ga:Parents
- Old Irish lemmas
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