amfaibiach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion) (from ἀμφι- (amphi-, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)) + -ach.

Adjective

amfaibiach (genitive singular masculine amfaibiach, genitive singular feminine amfaibiaiche, plural amfaibiacha, comparative amfaibiaiche)

1. amphibious

   Synonyms: débheathach, loscánta

Declension

Declension of amfaibiach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	amfaibiach	amfaibiach	amfaibiacha
Vocative	amfaibiach		amfaibiacha
Genitive		amfaibiaiche	amfaibiacha	amfaibiach
Dative	amfaibiach	amfaibiach	amfaibiacha
Comparative	níos amfaibiaiche
Superlative	is amfaibiaiche

Noun

amfaibiach m (genitive singular amfaibiaigh, nominative plural amfaibiaigh)

1. amphibian

   Synonym: débheathach

Declension

Declension of amfaibiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative amfaibiach amfaibiaigh Vocative a amfaibiaigh a amfaibiacha Genitive amfaibiaigh amfaibiach Dative amfaibiach amfaibiaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-amfaibiach na hamfaibiaigh Genitive an amfaibiaigh na n-amfaibiach Dative leis an amfaibiach don amfaibiach leis na hamfaibiaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amfaibiach	n-amfaibiach	hamfaibiach	t-amfaibiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amfaibiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amfaibiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “amfaibiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024