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‘father’, ‘parent’, ‘God the Father’, ‘church father’ 13.1, 13.10, 14.8, etc.; gen. sg. athar 6.1, 13.19, etc.; nom.pl. aithreacha 18.11-12; gen. pl. aithreach 15.16, 49.4; dat. pl. aithreachuibh 50.8

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

father, 280; aithre, parents, 1614, 2113, na haithre naomhtha, the holy patriarchs, 816, na naomhaithre, the holy Fathers (of the Church), 2553; gi. aithreadh 637, 791, 804, 1784, 1809; ti. aithribh 534, 2119; aid. athardha 1218.

An Teagasg Críosdaidhe. Author: Bonabhentura Ó hEodhasa, O.F.M.. Editor: Fearghal Mac Raghnaill, O.F.M.

father. In pl., (1) fathers : a aithre spioradálta, 3454. (2) Fathers of the Church ; npl. aithreacha, p. 14 n. ; gpl. aithreadh, 2862, 4950; dpl. aithreibh, 4146. (3) parents ; napl. aithre, 4695, 4701 ; dpl. aithribh, 4703. [The last usage is influenced by the Span. padres ; it is also found in Fr. Maghnas Ó Domhnaill. Cf. further TBg, 4623.]

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

a father. athair rúin, father-confessor, 1909

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

father; iolra, parents, 2303, 2307, 2308, 2310; iolra gein. aithreach, 2598, 6958, athar, 5451, aithreadh, 4061, 5482, 5738, 5800; aithreamhail, like one’s father, 5315, 6889; athardhachd, paternity, ancestry, 5500; aithearrachd, 5315; as deacair a chor a n-aithearrachd ón diabhal, it is hard to attribute to him other than diabolical paternity, 5314-15.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

m., father, 354; gen. athar, 3447; pl aithreacha, 3329; aithre, 5354; gen. aithreach, 663

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.