Biosáintiam

Irish

Alternative forms

• an Bhiosáint

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder.

Proper noun

Biosáintiam m (genitive Biosáintiam, nominative plural -)

1. Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)

Declension

Declension of Biosáintiam (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Biosáintiam vocative a Bhiosáintiam genitive Biosáintiam dative Biosáintiam forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Biosáintiam genitive an Bhiosáintiam dative leis an mBiosáintiam don Bhiosáintiam

Related terms

• Biosántach (“Byzantine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Biosáintiam

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Biosáintiam	Bhiosáintiam	mBiosáintiam

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) “Biosáintiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN