alcalóideach

Irish

Etymology

From alcaile (“alkali”) +‎ -óideach (“-oid”).

Adjective

alcalóideach (genitive singular masculine alcalóidigh, genitive singular feminine alcalóidí, plural alcalóideacha, comparative alcalóidí)

1. (organic chemistry) alkaloid

Declension

Declension of alcalóideach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	alcalóideach	alcalóideach	alcalóideacha
vocative	alcalóidigh		alcalóideacha
genitive		alcalóidí	alcalóideacha	alcalóideach
dative	alcalóideach	alcalóideach; alcalóidigh (archaic)	alcalóideacha
Comparative	níos alcalóidí
Superlative	is alcalóidí

Noun

alcalóideach m (genitive singular alcalóidigh, nominative plural alcalóidigh)

1. (organic chemistry) alkaloid

Declension

Declension of alcalóideach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alcalóideach alcalóidigh vocative a alcalóidigh a alcalóideacha genitive alcalóidigh alcalóideach dative alcalóideach alcalóidigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-alcalóideach na halcalóidigh genitive an alcalóidigh na n-alcalóideach dative leis an alcalóideach don alcalóideach leis na halcalóidigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of alcalóideach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alcalóideach	n-alcalóideach	halcalóideach	t-alcalóideach

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