máthairab

Irish

Etymology

máthair (“mother”) +‎ ab (“abbot”)

Noun

máthairab f (genitive máthairaba, nominative plural máthairabaí)

1. (Christianity) abbess

Declension

Declension of máthairab

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative máthairab máthairabaí Vocative a mháthairab a mháthairabaí Genitive máthairaba máthairabaí Dative máthairab máthairabaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mháthairab na máthairabaí Genitive na máthairaba na máthairabaí Dative leis an máthairab don mháthairab leis na máthairabaí

Coordinate terms

• (gender): ab

Synonyms

• ban-ab

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
máthairab	mháthairab	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.