athar / máthar

Fifth-Declension Nouns

Level 3

Fifth-declension nouns may add a broad consonant to the genitive stem: athair to athar and máthair to máthar. Learn each noun's actual paradigm.

How It Works

Fifth-declension nouns may add a broad consonant to the genitive stem: athair to athar and máthair to máthar. Learn each noun's actual paradigm.

Athair has genitive athar, and máthair has genitive máthar. These illustrate fifth-declension stem patterns, which cannot be predicted by simply appending one universal ending. Article gender and initial sound still control the beginning of the definite genitive phrase.

Examples (3)

  1. Seo ainm an athar.

    This is the father's name.

  2. Tá mála na máthar anseo.

    The mother's bag is here.

  3. Léigh mé litir an athar.

    I read the father's letter.

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athar / mátharLevel 3Fifth-Declension Nouns

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Place fifth-declension stem changes within the noun-paradigm framework.

Words in This Pattern

athairmáthair