athair
See also: Athair
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈahəɾʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæhəɾʲ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /æːɾʲ/
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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
- mə æhŕəxə
- conventional orthography: m’aithreacha (“my fathers, my ancestors”)
- mə æhŕəxə
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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
Fifth declension
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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
Derived terms
- Aithreacha na Cathrach
- aithriúil
- ardathair
- Ár nAthair
- athair altrama
- athair céile
- athair críonna
- athair faoistine
- Athair-Mhac
- athair mór
- athair muintire
- athair naofa
- Athair Naofa
- Athair Síoraí
- Dia an tAthair
- leasathair
- seanathair
- sin-seanathair
- uasalathair
Declension
Declension of athair
Fifth declension
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- "athair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 athair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aṫair” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaθirʲ/
Inflection
| Masculine r-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
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| Genitive | |||
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish athair, from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈahəɾʲ/
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- “1 athair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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