athair

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑhəɾʲ/, /ˈahəɾʲ/ (Connacht) (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæhəɾʲ/ (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /æɾʲ/, [æːɾʲ] (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈahəɾʲ/ (Ulster) (South Donegal) IPA(key): /ˈahæɾʲ/, /ˈæhæɾʲ/ (North Donegal) IPA(key): /ˈahəɾˠ/, /ˈɛhəɾˠ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of paidir. ==== Noun ==== athair m (genitive singular athar, nominative plural aithreacha) father (male parent; term of address for a priest; male ancestor more remote than a parent, a progenitor) ancestor sire ===== Declension ===== Archaic nominative/vocative plural: aithre Archaic genitive plural: aithreach Archaic dative plural: aithribh, aithreachaibh ===== Quotations ===== ===== Coordinate terms ===== iníon (“daughter”) máthair (“mother”) mac (“son”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== athair f (genitive singular athrach) creeper (plant that grows by creeping) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== athair thalún (“milfoil, yarrow”) === Etymology 3 === Rebracketing of nathair. Compare similar rebracketings in the cognates English adder and German Otter. ==== Noun ==== athair f (genitive singular athrach) alternative form of nathair (“snake”) athair nimhe ― venomous snake ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “athair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “aṫair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 64; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === athir === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of paiter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.θəɾʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈa.θɪɾʲ] (Griffith) [ˈa.θɨɾʲ] === Noun === athair m (genitive athar, nominative plural aithir) father c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 124b3 ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== athramail ==== Descendants ==== Irish: athair Manx: ayr→ English: ayr Scottish Gaelic: athair === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of paidir. === Pronunciation === (Lewis, Harris) IPA(key): /ˈahəð/, /ˈahað/ (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈahɪɾʲ/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈahæɾʲ/ === Noun === athair m (genitive singular athar, plural athraichean) father ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== màthair ==== Coordinate terms ==== bràthair (“brother”), mac (“son”), màthair (“mother”), nighean (“daughter”), piuthar (“sister”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language