máthair

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish máthir, from Proto-Celtic *mātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/, /ˈmˠɑ̃ːhəɾʲ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːhəɾʲ/, /ˈmˠãːhəɾʲ/, (Cois Fharraige) /ˈmˠɑːɾʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑ̃həɾʲ/, /ˈmˠɑhəɾʲ/, /ˈmˠahæɾʲ/, /ˈmˠɛhəɾʲ/, /ˈmˠɞhəɾʲ/ ~ /ˈmˠihəɾʲ/ === Noun === máthair f (genitive singular máthar, nominative plural máithreacha or máthaireacha or máthracha) mother ==== Declension ==== Alternative plural forms: máthaireacha, máthracha ==== Hypernyms ==== tuismitheoir (“parent”) ==== Coordinate terms ==== athair (“father”) iníon (“daughter”) mac (“son”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== máithriúil (“motherly”, adjective) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “máthair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Noun === máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir) alternative spelling of máthir === Mutation ===