Scottish Gaelic word

athair

father

nounmasculine

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

Mutation forms

Tha e coltach ri athair.

He looks like his father.

Am mac mar an t-athair.

Son is like father.

Tha fearg aig m' athair orm.

Father is angry with me.

Am mac mar an t-athair.

Son is like father.

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

Family

balach

boy

banais

wedding

banaltram

nurse, nanny, foster-mother

banntrach

widow

bean

woman, wife

beul-aithris

folklore, oral tradition

bodach

old man

boireannach

woman

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