méthe

Norman

Alternative forms

mère (Guernsey, continental Normandy)
mer (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French medre, mere, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

méthe f (plural méthes)

(Jersey) mother
- From the prayer Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
  Sainte Mathie, Méthe dé Dgieu, prie pouor nous pécheurs, ach'teu et à l'heuthe dé not' mort. Âmen.
  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Hypernyms

pathent

Coordinate terms

(gender): péthe

Derived terms

belle-méthe (“mother-in-law”)
Fête des Méthes (“Mother's Day”)
grand-méthe (“grandmother”)
méthe à san tout seu, méthe sîndguliéthe (“single mother”)
méthe ès moûques (“queen bee”)
néthe méthe (“head of a coven”)
reine méthe (“queen mother”)

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