ardathair
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ard- + athair (compare Manx ard-ayr, Scottish Gaelic àrd-athair).
Noun[edit]
ardathair m (genitive singular ardathar, nominative plural ardaithreacha)
- patriarch
- Synonyms: patrarc, uasalathair
Declension[edit]
Declension of ardathair
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ardathair | n-ardathair | hardathair | t-ardathair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN