máthair
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑ̃hɪɾʲ/[3], /ˈmˠahæɾʲ/[4]
Noun
[edit]máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)
- 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
[edit]- tuismitheoir (“parent”)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- leasmháthair (“stepmother”)
- máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)
- máthair shúigh (“squid”)
- máthairab (“abbess”)
- máthairchlár (“motherboard”)
- máthairtheanga (“mother tongue”)
- ríonmháthair (“queen mother”)
- seanmháthair (“grandmother”)
Related terms
[edit]- máithriúil (“motherly”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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máthair | mháthair | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “máthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 5
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 7, page 7
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “máthair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)
- Alternative spelling of máthir
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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máthair also mmáthair after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
máthair pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish fifth-declension nouns
- ga:Female family members
- ga:Parents
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish feminine nouns