seanmhair
See also: séanmhair
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish senmáthair, from sen (“old”) + máthair (“mother”). Compare Irish seanmháthair, Manx shennvoir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.nə.vɛɾʲ/
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| seanmhair | sheanmhair after "an", t-seanmhair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “seanmhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “senmáthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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