athair
See also: Athair
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈahəɾʲ/
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
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)
- Fuair m’athair bás.
- My father died.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
- ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
- conventional orthography: Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú, a athair?
- How are you, father? (could be addressed to one’s own father or to a priest, as in English)
- conventional orthography: Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú, a athair?
- ḱē n xȳ ə wil tū, ə æhŕ̥?
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:
- mə æhŕəxə
- conventional orthography: m’aithreacha (“my fathers, my ancestors”)
- mə æhŕəxə
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:
- nə h-æhŕəxə n̄ȳfe[1]
- conventional orthography: na haithreacha naofa (“the Church Fathers”)
- nə h-æhŕəxə n̄ȳfe[1]
- ancestor
- sire
Declension
Declension of athair
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Archaic nominative/vocative plural: aithre
- Archaic genitive plural: aithreach
- Archaic dative plural: aithribh, aithreachaibh
Coordinate terms
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)
Declension
Declension of athair
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- athair thalún (“milfoil, yarrow”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
athair | n-athair | hathair | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Notes
- ^ Corrected by the author on p. 257 to nȳfə
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “athair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
athair m (genitive athar, nominative plural aithir)
Inflection
Masculine r-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | athair | athairL | aithir |
Vocative | athair | athairL | aithrea |
Accusative | athairN | athairL | aithrea |
Genitive | athar | athar | aithreN, athraeN |
Dative | athairL | aithrib, athraib | aithrib, athraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
athair | unchanged | n-athair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
athair m (genitive singular athar, plural athraichean)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- athair-baistidh (“godfather”)
- athair-cèile (“father-in-law”)
- bràthair-athar (“paternal uncle”)
- piuthar-athar (“paternal aunt”)
- taobh athar (“paternal”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
athair | n-athair | h-athair | t-athair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 athair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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