céad mháta

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Irish

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Etymology

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Calque of English first mate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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céad mháta m (genitive singular céad mháta, nominative plural céad mhátaí)

  1. (nautical) first mate
    Synonym: ardmháta
    • 1919, Séamus Ó hAodha, An Branar, page 146:
      Do chur a ghníomh ana-mhisneach sa chuid eile: agus bhíodar ag teacht saor ón luing ’na nduine is ’na nduine go dtí an chéad mháta.
      His act gave great courage to the rest: and they were coming free from the ship as men and as men to the first mate.
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Bhí an chéad mháta a bhí ar an luing anamhór leis an gcaptaen.
      The first mate who was on the ship was very friendly with the captain.

Declension

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  • Like the adjective céad (first) itself, this term always undergoes lenition after the definite article, both singular and plural, except in the dative singular where eclipsis may be found.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
céad mháta chéad mháta gcéad mháta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.