báthair

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báthair

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of mháthair (mother, lenited) used after /m/
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
      Tabhair aire mhaith dom leanbh agus dom báthair.
      Take good care of my child and my mother.