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'''máıthre''' (''runic:'''ᛚᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁ''''')
'''máıthre''' (''runic:'''ᛚᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁ''''')
# (''[[:wikt:honorific|honor.]]'') A female parent of a child; someone else's mother ("''rarely one's own''"<ref>''Teagan et al.'' (2003)</ref>).
# (''[[:wikt:honorific|honor.]]'') A female parent of a child; someone else's mother ("''rarely one's own''"<ref>''Teagan et al.'' (2003)</ref>).
#: ''S léıce ersa '''máıthre''' haíse.'' - Her '''mother''' is a doctor.
#: ''S léıce ersa '''máıthren''' aíse.'' - Her '''mother''' is a doctor.
#:: ''᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅ'''ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁ'''ᚺᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬''
#:: ''᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅ'''ᛚᚭᛁᛐᛧᛂ'''ᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬''
# An elder-woman, especially a leader of a religious order or cult.
# An elder-woman, especially a leader of a religious order or cult.
===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===

Revision as of 19:45, 9 May 2023

Middle Anrish

Etymology 1

Regularised merger of earlier móıthır, from Germanic *mōþēr and learned Goidelic borrowing máthaır; see also mua.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /ˈmˠaːθʲrʲə/ [ˈmɑˑʰɹ̥ɹɐ]

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

Noun

máıthre (runic:ᛚᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁ)

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

Etymology 2

Formally from Germanic *mōþrijǭ, influenced by Goidelic.

Inflection of máıthre
 Ⅲ ꜰᴇᴍ.  ɴᴏᴍ. ɢᴇɴ. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
sɢ.  máıthreɴ  máıthrınʜ  máıthríʟ  máıthríʟ
ᴘʟ.  máıthríʟ  máıthreɴ  máıthrınb   máıthríʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.  máıthrena   máıthríʟ  máıthrenaʟ

Noun

máıthre (runic:ᛚᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁ)

  1. A maternal aunt.
  2. One's mother's family relations; maternal kinfolk.

ɴ.ʙ.

The collective meaning is still normally expressed in the singular.

  • Suínn mu thíor máıthrınt sheo. - This here is my motherland.

References

  1. ^ Teagan et al. (2003)