úigineas

Irish

Etymology

From ú- (“oo-”) +‎ -gineas (“-genesis”).

Noun

úigineas m (genitive singular úiginis, nominative plural úiginis)

1. (biology) oogenesis

Declension

Declension of úigineas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative úigineas úiginis vocative a úiginis a úigineasa genitive úiginis úigineas dative úigineas úiginis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-úigineas na húiginis genitive an úiginis na n-úigineas dative leis an úigineas don úigineas leis na húiginis

Mutation

Mutated forms of úigineas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
úigineas	n-úigineas	húigineas	t-úigineas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “úigineas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN