See also: màthair and Màthair

Irish

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Etymology

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    From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)

    1. mother
      Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.
      God is strong and He has a good mother.

    Declension

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    Alternative plural forms: máthaireacha, máthracha

    Hypernyms

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    Derived terms

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    Mutation

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

    References

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    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “máthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46
    3. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt[1] (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 5
    4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 7, page 7

    Further reading

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    Old Irish

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    Noun

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    máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)

    1. Alternative spelling of máthir

    Mutation

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    Old Irish mutation
    Radical Lenition Nasalization
    máthair
    also mmáthair after a proclitic
    ending in a vowel
    máthair
    pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
    unchanged
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.