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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Regularised merger of earlier ''{{cd|móıthır}}'', from [[w:Proto-Germanic_language|Proto-Germanic]] ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōd%C4%93r|*mōdēr]]''. and learned [[w:Old_Irish|Goidelic]] ''[[:wikt:máthir|máthaır]]''.
Regularised merger of earlier ''{{cd|móıthır}}'', from [[w:Proto-Germanic_language|Proto-Germanic]] ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōd%C4%93r|*mōdēr]]''. and learned [[w:Old_Irish|Goidelic]] ''[[:wikt:máthir|máthaır]]''; see also ''{{cd|mua}}''.
 
===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
(''Annerish'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /mˠaːθʲrʲ/ <big>[ˈmʷɑˑʰɹ̥ɹ̩]</big>
(''Annerish'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /mˠaːθʲrʲ/ <big>[ˈmʷɑˑʰɹ̥ɹ̩]</big>

Revision as of 21:55, 13 March 2023

Middle Anrish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /mˠaːθʲrʲ/ [ˈmʷɑˑʰɹ̥ɹ̩]

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

máıthr (runic:ᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧ)

  1. (honor.) 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.


  1. ^ Teagan et al. (2003)