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Scottish Gaelic word

athair

father

nounmasculine

athair means “father” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

athair in context

Tha e coltach ri athair.

He looks like his father.

A1

Am mac mar an t-athair.

Son is like father.

A1

Tha fearg aig m' athair orm.

Father is angry with me.

A2

Am mac mar an t-athair.

Son is like father.

A1

Bha neart mòr aige air sgàth 's gun robh Lugh na athair.

B1

Topics

Family

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boy

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wedding

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nurse, nanny, foster-mother

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widow

bean

woman, wife

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folklore, oral tradition

bodach

old man

boireannach

woman

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