senmáthair
Old Irish
Etymology
From sen (“old”) + máthir (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʲenṽaːθərʲ/
Noun
senmáthair f (genitive senmáthar)
- 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.
- 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
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:
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Coordinate terms
- senathair (“grandfather”)
Descendants
- Middle Irish: senmáthair
- Irish: seanmháthair
- Scottish Gaelic: seanmhair
- Manx: shenn voir
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| senmáthair | ṡenmáthair | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “senmáthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language