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

Mutated forms of ardathair

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardathair	n-ardathair	hardathair	t-ardathair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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