seanmháthair

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish senmáthair; synchronically sean- (old) +‎ máthair (mother). Compare Manx shennvoir, Scottish Gaelic seanmhair.

Noun

seanmháthair f (genitive singular seanmháthar, nominative plural seanmháithreacha)

  1. grandmother
    Coordinate term: (gender) seanathair

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
seanmháthair sheanmháthair
after an, tseanmháthair
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading