senmáthair

Old Irish

Etymology

From sen (“old”) +‎ máthir (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲenˌβ̃aːθərʲ/, [ˈsʲenˌβ̃aːθɨrʲ]

Noun

senmáthair f (genitive senmáthar)

  1. grandmother
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d13
      Ro·fetar-sa is foirbthe do hiresso; ba toich deit dano arba foirbthe hires do mathar et do senmathar.
      I know that your faith is perfect; it is natural for you, though, as the faith of your mother and grandmother was perfect.

Inflection

Feminine r-stem
singular dual plural
nominative senmáthair senmáthairL senmáithir
vocative senmáthair senmáthairL senmáithre
accusative senmáthairN senmáthairL senmáithre
genitive senmáthar senmáthar senmátharN
dative senmáthairL senmáithrib senmáithrib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: senmáthair

Mutation

Mutation of senmáthair
radical lenition nasalization
senmáthair ṡenmáthair senmáthair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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