motha

See also: móða

Kriol

Etymology

From English mother.

Noun

motha

  1. mother

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish moä, moü, variant disyllabic forms of máu, mó (created by analogy with other adjectives),[1] comparatives of már.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ə/

Adjective

motha

  1. comparative degree of mòr
    Tha esan nas motha na ise. ― He is bigger than her.

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mothamhotha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §20.3, page 125:
    Síolraíonn SG brc. mó ‘níos mó’ (gnáthfhoirm Wb.) go díreach ó *máu (11.3-4) < *māūh < *mā(y)ūs (> Briot. *mōīh > MB mwy) […]. D’imoibrigh bun-, breis agus sár-chéim ar a chéile i ré na Sean-Ghaeilge: m.sh., […] brc. móa (Wb.) faoi thionchar leithéide oa ‘níos óige’ thuas, agus brc. mou (gnáthfhoirm Ml.) ar bhonn src. moam de réir an ghaoil idir brc. córu ‘níos córa’, src. córam ‘is córa’ (cf. 3.7) agus mar sin de san aicme rialta.
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