athair mór

Irish

Noun

athair mór m (genitive singular athar mhóir, nominative plural aithreacha móra)

1. grandfather

Synonyms

• athair críonna
• seanathair

Coordinate terms

• máthair mhór (“grandmother”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of athair mór

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
athair mór	n-athair mór	hathair mór	not applicable

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) “athair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN