"máthair" meaning in Irish

See máthair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/ [Munster], /ˈmˠɑ̃ːhəɾʲ/ [Munster], /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/ [Connacht], /ˈmˠãːhəɾʲ/ [Connacht], /ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/ [Connacht, Cois-Fharraige], /ˈmˠɑ̃həɾʲ/ [Ulster], /ˈmˠɑhəɾʲ/ [Ulster], /ˈmˠahæɾʲ/ [Ulster], /ˈmˠɛhəɾʲ/ [Ulster], /ˈmˠʌhəɾʲ/ ~ /ˈmˠihəɾʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ga|inh|sga>máthir>mother|id=mother}}, {{inh|ga|sga|máthir}} Old Irish máthir, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*mātīr}} Proto-Celtic *mātīr, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*méh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|máthar|||||||nominative plural|máithreacha|or|máthaireacha|or|máthracha|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha), {{ga-noun|f|máthar|máithreacha|pl2=máthaireacha|pl3=máthracha}} máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: máthar [genitive, singular], máithreacha [nominative, plural], máthaireacha [nominative, plural], máthracha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], máthair [indefinite, nominative, singular], máithreacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mháthair [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mháithreacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], máthar [genitive, indefinite, singular], máithreacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], máthair [dative, indefinite, singular], máithreacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an mháthair [definite, nominative, singular], na máithreacha [definite, nominative, plural], na máthar [definite, genitive, singular], na máithreacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an máthair [dative, definite, singular], don mháthair [dative, definite, singular], leis na máithreacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], máthair [error-unrecognized-form], mháthair [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. mother Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female family members, Parents Hypernyms: tuismitheoir (english: parent) Derived forms: leasmháthair (english: stepmother), máithrigh (english: mother, bear; foster) [verb], máthair shúigh (english: squid), máthairab (english: abbess), máthairchlár (english: motherboard), máthairtheanga (english: mother tongue), ríonmháthair (english: queen mother), seanmháthair (english: grandmother) Related terms: máithriúil (english: motherly) [adjective] Coordinate_terms: athair (english: father), iníon (english: daughter), mac (english: son)
    Sense id: en-máthair-ga-noun-zwYi7ypm Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sga>máthir>mother",
        "id": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "máthir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish máthir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*mātīr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *mātīr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "máthar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthaireacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mháthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mháithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mháthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na máthar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an máthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mháthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mháthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "máithreacha",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "máthaireacha",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "máthracha",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "máthar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "máthar",
        "3": "máithreacha",
        "pl2": "máthaireacha",
        "pl3": "máthracha"
      },
      "expansion": "máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "ga:Female family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "ga:Parents",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "english": "father",
          "word": "athair"
        },
        {
          "english": "daughter",
          "word": "iníon"
        },
        {
          "english": "son",
          "word": "mac"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "stepmother",
          "word": "leasmháthair"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother, bear; foster",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "máithrigh"
        },
        {
          "english": "squid",
          "word": "máthair shúigh"
        },
        {
          "english": "abbess",
          "word": "máthairab"
        },
        {
          "english": "motherboard",
          "word": "máthairchlár"
        },
        {
          "english": "mother tongue",
          "word": "máthairtheanga"
        },
        {
          "english": "queen mother",
          "word": "ríonmháthair"
        },
        {
          "english": "grandmother",
          "word": "seanmháthair"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "God is strong and He has a good mother.",
          "text": "Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "english": "parent",
          "word": "tuismitheoir"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-máthair-ga-noun-zwYi7ypm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "motherly",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "máithriúil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑ̃ːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠãːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑ̃həɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠahæɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɛhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠʌhəɾʲ/ ~ /ˈmˠihəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "máthair"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "father",
      "word": "athair"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter",
      "word": "iníon"
    },
    {
      "english": "son",
      "word": "mac"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "stepmother",
      "word": "leasmháthair"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother, bear; foster",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "máithrigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "squid",
      "word": "máthair shúigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "abbess",
      "word": "máthairab"
    },
    {
      "english": "motherboard",
      "word": "máthairchlár"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother tongue",
      "word": "máthairtheanga"
    },
    {
      "english": "queen mother",
      "word": "ríonmháthair"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandmother",
      "word": "seanmháthair"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sga>máthir>mother",
        "id": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "máthir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish máthir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*mātīr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *mātīr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "máthar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthaireacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mháthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mháithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mháthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na máthar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an máthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mháthair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mháthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "máithreacha",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "máthaireacha",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "máthracha",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "máthar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "máthar",
        "3": "máithreacha",
        "pl2": "máthaireacha",
        "pl3": "máthracha"
      },
      "expansion": "máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "english": "parent",
      "word": "tuismitheoir"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "motherly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "máithriúil"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish feminine nouns",
        "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Female family members",
        "ga:Parents"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "God is strong and He has a good mother.",
          "text": "Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑ̃ːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠãːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑ̃həɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠahæɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɛhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠʌhəɾʲ/ ~ /ˈmˠihəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "máthair"
}

Download raw JSONL data for máthair meaning in Irish (5.6kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "title": "máthair",
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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