ardathair

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ athair (compare Manx ard-ayr, Scottish Gaelic àrd-athair).

Noun

ardathair m (genitive singular ardathar, nominative plural ardaithreacha)

1. patriarch

   Synonyms: patrarc, uasalathair

Declension

Declension of ardathair

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ardathair ardaithreacha Vocative a ardathair a ardaithreacha Genitive ardathar ardaithreacha Dative ardathair ardaithreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ardathair na hardaithreacha Genitive an ardathar na n-ardaithreacha Dative leis an ardathair don ardathair leis na hardaithreacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardathair	n-ardathair	hardathair	t-ardathair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN