Irish edit

Etymology edit

From máthair (mother) +‎ teanga (language).

Noun edit

máthairtheanga f (genitive singular máthairtheanga, nominative plural máthairtheangacha)

  1. (linguistics) mother tongue

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
máthairtheanga mháthairtheanga not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

  • Entries containing “máthairtheanga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.