Contionary:máıthre

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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. ᴀᴛ. ᴏᴄ.
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"[1]).
    S léıce ersa máıthre haíse. - Her mother is a doctor.
    ᛬ᛌᚳᛆᛁᚴᛁᚱᛌᛅᛓᚭᛁᛐᛧᛁᚺᛆᛁᛌᛁ᛬
  2. An elder-woman, especially a leader of a religious order or cult.

References

  1. ^ Teagan et al. (2003)