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máthair

FEMININE NOUN

OPPOSITE: athair

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mother

Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms

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máthair

FEMININE NOUN

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GENITIVE SINGULAR

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máthar

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NOMINATVE PLURAL

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máithreacha

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GENITIVE PLURAL

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máithreacha

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máthair mhór

SYNONYM: seanmháthair

OPPOSITE: athair mór

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grandmother

STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS

Is é máthair an 239ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 2,962 focal.

Máthair is the 239th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 2,962 words.

Samplaí gaolmhara
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níorbh aon ionadh gurbh é an saol acadúil a bhí i ndán don bhuachaill óg, agus a mháthair ina dochtúir leighis

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it was no surprise that an academic life was in store for the young boy when his mother was a medical doctor

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tháinig dreach imníoch ar aghaidh na máthar

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mother started looking worried

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tá tú cosúil le mo mháthair

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you are like my mother

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tá an mháthair ar a glúine ag guí

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the mother is on her knees praying

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seo mo mháthair

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this is my mother

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chuala sí an scéal óna máthair a bhí seasca bliain d'aois um an dtaca sin

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she had heard the story from her mother who was seventy at that time

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An bhfaca tú a mháthair?

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Have you seen his mother?

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D'fhág mé slán ag mo mháthair agus d'imigh mé.

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I said goodbye to my mother and left.

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Conas tá do mháthair?

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

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How is your mother?

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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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Is í an bhean sin a mháthair.

Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008

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That woman is his 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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An le do mháthair atá tú i do chónaí?

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

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Are you living with your mother?

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Tá aintín le mo mháthair ina cónaí linn chomh maith.

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

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My mother's aunt is living with us as well.

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Ghoin sé mé go mbeadh mo mháthair ag lorg déirce.

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It hurt me that my mother should be begging.

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Bhí sí tar éis titim amach lena máthair.

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She had fallen out with her mother.

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Chuaigh sé lena mháthair ar ghreim láimhe go teach na scoile.

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

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His mother led him by the hand to school.

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A mháthair mhór, is tú a chan an fhírinne.

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

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You were right, grandma.

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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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