senmáthair

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From sen (old) +‎ máthir (mother).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲenˌβ̃aːθərʲ/, [ˈsʲenˌβ̃aːθɨrʲ]

Noun

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senmáthair f (genitive senmáthar)

  1. grandmother
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d13
      Ro·fetar-sa is foirbthe do hiresso; ba toich deit dano arba foirbthe hires do mathar et do senmathar.
      I know that your faith is perfect; it is natural for you, though, as the faith of your mother and grandmother was perfect.

Inflection

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Feminine r-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative senmáthair senmáthairL senmáithir
Vocative senmáthair senmáthairL senmáithre
Accusative senmáthairN senmáthairL senmáithre
Genitive senmáthar senmáthar senmátharN
Dative senmáthairL senmáithrib senmáithrib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Coordinate terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: senmáthair

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
senmáthair ṡenmáthair unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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