Contionary:máıthre

Middle Anrish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /ˈmˠaːθʲrʲə/ [ˈmʷɑˑʰɹ̥ɹɐ]

Inflection of máıthre

Ⅱ ꜰᴇᴍ.	ɴᴏᴍ.	ɢᴇɴ.	ᴅᴀᴛ.	ᴠᴏᴄ.
sɢ.	máıthreɴ	máıthrí	máıthreʟ	máıthreʟ
ᴘʟ.	máıthríʟ	máıthreɴ	máıthrıb	máıthreʟ
ᴄᴏʟ.	máıthreʜ	máıthr(e)ʟ

Noun

máıthre (runic:ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁ)

1. (honor.) A female parent of a child; someone else's mother ("rarely one's own").

   S léıce ersa máıthre haíse. - Her mother is a doctor.

   ᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁᚺᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬

2. An elder-woman, especially a leader of a religious order or cult.