Noun: nathair
Gender: Fem
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | nathair |
| Singular Genitive | nathrach |
| Plural Nominative | nathracha |
| Plural Genitive | nathracha |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an nathair |
| Singular Genitive | na nathrach |
| Plural Nominative | na nathracha |
| Plural Genitive | na nathracha |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like nathair
cabhair,
carcair,
cathair,
comhchathair,
eochair,
feidhmeochair,
lasair,
nathair,
príomhchathair,
siocair,
Etymology
From Old Irish nathir, from Proto-Celtic *natrixs (compare Welsh neidr, Breton naer), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)néHtr̥, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”) (compare German Natter, English adder, Latin natrīx (“water snake”)). See: German Nouns '
Natter', English Nouns '
adder', Latin Nouns '
natrīx'.
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