leasathair

See also: leas-athair

Irish

Etymology

From leas- (“step-”) +‎ athair (“father”).

Noun

leasathair m (genitive singular leasathar, nominative plural leasaithreacha)

1. stepfather

Inflection

Declension of leasathair (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative leasathair leasaithreacha vocative a leasathair a leasaithreacha genitive leasathar leasaithreacha dative leasathair leasaithreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an leasathair na leasaithreacha genitive an leasathar na leasaithreacha dative leis an leasathair don leasathair leis na leasaithreacha

Coordinate terms

• leasmháthair (“stepmother”)

Further reading

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