Pota Focal Intergaelic
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aspal Astrálach astúchán atáirg ath- áth athainmnigh athair athaontaigh athaontú athartha áthas áthasach athbheochan athbhliain athbhreithnigh athbhreithniú athchóirigh athchóiriú athchraoladh athchúrsáil
athair
MASCULINE NOUN
OPPOSITE: máthair
father
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
athair
MASCULINE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
athar
NOMINATVE PLURAL
aithreacha
GENITIVE PLURAL
aithreacha
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
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athair mór
SYNONYM: seanathair
OPPOSITE: máthair mhór
grandfather
nathair
FEMININE NOUN
snake
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é athair an 170ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 2,085 focal.
Athair is the 170th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 2,085 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
an gcuimhin na laethanta sin le d'athair?
does your father remember those days?
bhí réidh le díoltas a bhaint amach as bás a athar
he was ready to take revenge for the death of his father
ba mhór cúis na Gaeilge le m'athair
the Irish-language cause was very dear to my father
nathair nimhe
venomous snake
an t-athair ónar thóg an nós sin
the father from whom he got that habit
beidh d'athair ina shláinte arís sul i bhfad
your father will be in good health again before long
An gcuimhin le d'athair na laethanta sin?
Does your father remember those days?
Toyota ag m'athair ach Ford agamsa.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
My father has a Toyota but I have a Ford.
Is é Dónall an t-athair agus is í Áine an mháthair.
Diarmuid Ó Sé, Joseph Shiels: Teach Yourself Irish, Teach Yourself Books, 1998
Dónal is the father and Áine is the mother.
Réitím níos fearr le m'athair le mo mháthair.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
I get on better with my father than with my mother.
Feicim m'athair go minic.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
I see my father often.
Inseoidh mise do m'athair air é, ach é a theacht ón fharraige.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
I'll tell my father on him as soon as he comes from the sea.
Is minic a chuala m'athair ag scéalaíocht ort.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
I often heard my father talking about you.
Bhí an-aisteach bualadh le m'athair don chéad uair.
It was very strange meeting my father for the first time.
Dhéanfadh aon rud chun díoltas a bhaint as toisc gur mharaigh a athair.
He would do anything to take revenge on him because he had killed his father.
Is as Béal Feirste do mo mháthair agus m'athair.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
My mother and father are from Belfast.