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mother in Irish

máthair

mother

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Is máthair maith thú.

You are a good mother.A1

Tá máthair agam cheana féin.

I already have a mother.A2

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

She had heard the story from her mother who was seventy at that time.B1

Bhí sí tar éis titim amach lena máthair.

She had fallen out with her mother.B1

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You may also meet these forms of máthair in a sentence.

Base form
máthair
Séimhiú
mháthair
When to use séimhiú and urú →

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