máthrathatu

Old Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from máthair.

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Noun

máthrathatu m

1. motherhood, condition of being a mother

Inflection

Masculine t-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	máthrathatu	—	—
vocative	máthrathatu	—	—
accusative	máthrathataidN	—	—
genitive	máthrathatad	—	—
dative	máthrathataidL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “máthrathatu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language