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===Noun===
===Noun===
'''máıthr''' (''runic:'''ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧ''''')
'''máıthr''' (''runic:'''ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧ''''')
# A female parent of a child; mother.
# (''honorific'') A female parent of a child; someone else's mother ("''rarely one's own''"<ref>''Teagan at al.'' (2003)</ref>).
#: ''S léıce ersa '''máıthr''' aíse.'' - Her '''mother''' is a doctor.
#: ''S léıce ersa '''máıthr''' aíse.'' - Her '''mother''' is a doctor.
#:: ''᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅ'''ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧ'''ᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬''
#:: ''᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅ'''ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧ'''ᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬''

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Middle Anrish

Etymology

Regularised merger of earlier móıthır, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr. and learned Goidelic máthaır.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /maːθʲrʲ/ [ˈmʷɑˑʰɹ̥ɹ̩]

Noun

máıthr (runic:ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧ)

  1. (honorific) A female parent of a child; someone else's mother ("rarely one's own"[1]).
    S léıce ersa máıthr aíse. - Her mother is a doctor.
    ᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬
  2. An elder-woman, especially a leader of a religious order or cult

Synonyms

  • (intimate register): mua

Coordinate terms

Inflection

Inflection of máıthre
 Ⅱ ꜰᴇᴍ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
sɢ.  máıthreɴ  máıthrí   máıthreʟ  máıthreʟ
ᴘʟ.  máıthríʟ  máıthreɴ  máıthrıb   máıthreʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.  máıthreʜ  máıthr(e)ʟ
  1. ^ Teagan at al. (2003)