máthairab

Irish

Etymology

From máthair (“mother”) +‎ ab (“abbot”).

Noun

máthairab f (genitive singular máthairaba, nominative plural máthairabaí)

1. (Christianity) abbess

   Synonym: ban-ab

   Coordinate term: ab

Declension

Declension of máthairab

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative máthairab máthairabaí Vocative a mháthairab a mháthairabaí Genitive máthairaba máthairabaí Dative máthairab máthairabaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mháthairab na máthairabaí Genitive na máthairaba na máthairabaí Dative leis an máthairab don mháthairab leis na máthairabaí

Derived terms

• Máthairab (“Mother Superior”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
máthairab	mháthairab	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “máthairab”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “máthairab”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “máthairab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN