athair
See also: Athair
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑhəɾʲ/, /ˈahəɾʲ/[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæhəɾʲ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /æːɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈahæɾʲ/[2] (as if spelled atháir)
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.[3]
Noun edit
athair m (genitive singular athar, nominative plural aithreacha)
- father (male parent; term of address for a priest; male ancestor more remote than a parent, a progenitor)
- Fuair m’athair bás.
- My father died.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
- ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
- [Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú, a athair?]
- How are you, father? [could be addressed to one’s own father or to a priest, as in English]
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:
- mə æhŕəxə
- [m’aithreacha]
- my fathers, my ancestors
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:
- nə h-æhŕəxə n̄ȳfe[4]
- [na haithreacha naofa]
- the Church Fathers
- ancestor
- sire
Declension edit
Declension of athair
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Archaic nominative/vocative plural: aithre
- Archaic genitive plural: aithreach
- Archaic dative plural: aithribh, aithreachaibh
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- aithriúil (“fatherly”, adjective)
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
athair f (genitive singular athrach)
Declension edit
Declension of athair
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- athair thalún (“milfoil, yarrow”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
athair | n-athair | hathair | t-athair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 80, page 33
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Corrected by the author on p. 257 to nȳfə
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “athair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “athair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page aṫair
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
athair m (genitive athar, nominative plural aithir)
- father
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 124b3
- Ní du ṡémigud pectha at·ber-som inso .i. combad dó fa·cherred: “ní sní cetid·deirgni ⁊ ní sní dud·rigni nammá”; acht is do chuingid dílguda dosom, amal du·rolged dïa aithrib íar n-immarmus.
- It is not to palliate sin that he says this, i.e. so that he might put it for this: “we have not done it first and we have not done it only”; but it is to seek forgiveness for himself, as his fathers had been forgiven after sinning.
- (literally, “…as had been forgiven to his fathers”)
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 124b3
Inflection edit
Masculine r-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | athair | athairL | aithir |
Vocative | athair | athairL | aithrea |
Accusative | athairN | athairL | aithrea |
Genitive | athar | athar | aithreN, athraeN |
Dative | athairL | aithrib, athraib | aithrib, athraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
athair | unchanged | n-athair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
athair m (genitive singular athar, plural athraichean)
Declension edit
Declension of athair (type Vb masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | athair | athraichean |
Genitive | athar | athraichean |
Dative | athair | athraichean |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) t-athair | (na) h-athraichean |
Genitive | (an) athar | (nan) athraichean |
Dative | (an) athair | (na) h-athraichean |
Vocative | (a) athair | (a) athraichean |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- athair-baistidh (“godfather”)
- athair-cèile (“father-in-law”)
- bràthair-athar (“paternal uncle”)
- Là nan Athraichean (“Father's Day”)
- piuthar-athar (“paternal aunt”)
- taobh athar (“paternal”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
athair | n-athair | h-athair | t-athair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language