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athair

MASCULINE NOUN

OPPOSITE: máthair

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father

Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms

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athair

MASCULINE NOUN

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GENITIVE SINGULAR

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athar

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NOMINATVE PLURAL

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aithreacha

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GENITIVE PLURAL

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aithreacha

Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries

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athair mór

SYNONYM: seanathair

OPPOSITE: máthair mhór

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grandfather

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nathair

FEMININE NOUN

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snake

STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS

Is é athair an 170ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 2,085 focal.

Athair is the 170th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 2,085 words.

Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples

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an gcuimhin na laethanta sin le d'athair?

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does your father remember those days?

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bhí sé réidh le díoltas a bhaint amach as bás a athar

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he was ready to take revenge for the death of his father

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ba mhór cúis na Gaeilge le m'athair

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the Irish-language cause was very dear to my father

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nathair nimhe

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venomous snake

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an t-athair ónar thóg sé an nós sin

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the father from whom he got that habit

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beidh d'athair ina shláinte arís sul i bhfad

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your father will be in good health again before long

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An gcuimhin le d'athair na laethanta sin?

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Does your father remember those days?

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Tá Toyota ag m'athair ach tá Ford agamsa.

Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998

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My father has a Toyota but I have a Ford.

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Is é Dónall an t-athair agus is í Áine an mháthair.

Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998

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Dónal is the father and Áine is the mother.

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Réitím níos fearr le m'athair ná le mo mháthair.

Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004

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I get on better with my father than with my mother.

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Feicim m'athair go minic.

Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004

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I see my father often.

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Inseoidh mise do m'athair air é, ach é a theacht ón fharraige.

Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976

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I'll tell my father on him as soon as he comes from the sea.

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Is minic a chuala mé m'athair ag scéalaíocht ort.

Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976

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I often heard my father talking about you.

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Bhí sé an-aisteach bualadh le m'athair don chéad uair.

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It was very strange meeting my father for the first time.

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Dhéanfadh sé aon rud chun díoltas a bhaint as toisc gur mharaigh sé a athair.

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He would do anything to take revenge on him because he had killed his father.

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Is as Béal Feirste do mo mháthair agus m'athair.

'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com

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My mother and father are from Belfast.

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