athair altrama

Irish

Noun

athair altrama m (genitive singular athar altrama, nominative plural aithreacha altrama)

1. foster-father

Synonyms

• oide (literary)

Related terms

• mac altrama (“foster-son”)
• máthair altrama (“foster-mother”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
athair altrama	n-athair altrama	hathair altrama	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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