máithrigh — meaning in English

English meaning

• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
• mother noun A female parent.

Senses

máithrigh is used for these senses in English:

• foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
• mother (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

foster — full definition

1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

mother — full definition

1. noun A female parent.
2. noun The origin or source of something.
3. verb To care for someone the way a mother would, sometimes to an overprotective degree.

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