Biosántach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an Bhiosáint + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Biosántach (genitive singular masculine Biosántaigh, genitive singular feminine Biosántaí, plural Biosántacha)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Biosántach | Bhiosántach | Biosántacha; Bhiosántacha2 | |
vocative | Bhiosántaigh | Biosántacha | ||
genitive | Biosántaí | Biosántacha | Biosántach | |
dative | Biosántach; Bhiosántach1 |
Bhiosántach; Bhiosántaigh (archaic) |
Biosántacha; Bhiosántacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Biosántaí | |||
Superlative | is Biosántaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- Biosáintiam m (“Byzantium”)
Noun
[edit]Biosántach m (genitive singular Biosántaigh, nominative plural Biosántaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Biosántach | Bhiosántach | mBiosántach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Biosántach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN