See also: séanmhair

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish senmáthair, from sen (old) + máthair (mother). Compare Irish seanmháthair, Manx shennvoir.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.nə.vɛɾʲ/

Noun edit

seanmhair f (genitive singular seanmhar, plural seanmhairean)

  1. grandmother

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
seanmhair sheanmhair
after "an", t-seanmhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit