amfaibiach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin amphibius (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

Mutated forms of amfaibiach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amfaibiach	n-amfaibiach	hamfaibiach	t-amfaibiach

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) “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