máthair

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See also: màthair and Màthair

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], /ˈmˠahærʲ/^[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[edit]

Declension of máthair

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	máthair	máithreacha
Vocative	a mháthair	a mháithreacha
Genitive	máthar	máithreacha
Dative	máthair	máithreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mháthair	na máithreacha
Genitive	na máthar	na máithreacha
Dative	leis an máthair don mháthair	leis na máithreacha

Alternative plural forms: máthaireacha, máthracha

Hypernyms[edit]

tuismitheoir (“parent”)

Coordinate terms[edit]

athair (“father”)
iníon (“daughter”)
mac (“son”)

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]

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
máthair	mháthair	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “máthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 46
^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt‎^[1] (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 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]

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
máthair also mmáthair after a proclitic	máthair pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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