"máthair" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/ [Cois-Fharraige], /ˈmˠɑ̃hɪɾʲ/ [Ulster], /ˈmˠahærʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{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-decl-f5|m|áthair|áthar|áithreacha}}, {{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 [mutation, mutation-radical], mháthair [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  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

Inflected forms

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      "form": "máithreacha",
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        "nominative",
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      "form": "máthaireacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "table-tags"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "na máthar",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "na máithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mháthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "15": "or",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
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        }
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          "english": "father",
          "word": "athair"
        },
        {
          "english": "daughter",
          "word": "iníon"
        },
        {
          "english": "son",
          "word": "mac"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "God is strong and He has a good mother.",
          "text": "Tá Dia láidir agus máthair mhaith aige.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "mother"
      ],
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          "english": "parent",
          "word": "tuismitheoir"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "english": "motherly",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "máithriúil"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠɑ̃hɪɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmˠahærʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "máthair"
}
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      "english": "father",
      "word": "athair"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter",
      "word": "iníon"
    },
    {
      "english": "son",
      "word": "mac"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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",
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    {
      "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": "ga-decl-f5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "ga-decl-f5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mháthair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "15": "or",
        "16": "máthracha",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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      "expansion": "máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)",
      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "english": "parent",
      "word": "tuismitheoir"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "áthair",
        "3": "áthar",
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      },
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "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 IPA pronunciation",
        "Irish terms with usage examples",
        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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