amfaimisciseach

Irish

Etymology

From amfaimiscis (“amphimixis”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

amfaimisciseach (genitive singular masculine amfaimiscisigh, genitive singular feminine amfaimiscisí, plural amfaimisciseacha, not comparable)

1. (biology) amphimictic (relating to amphimixis)

Declension

Declension of amfaimisciseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	amfaimisciseach	amfaimisciseach	amfaimisciseacha
vocative	amfaimiscisigh		amfaimisciseacha
genitive		amfaimiscisí	amfaimisciseacha	amfaimisciseach
dative	amfaimisciseach	amfaimisciseach; amfaimiscisigh (archaic)	amfaimisciseacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amfaimisciseach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amfaimisciseach	n-amfaimisciseach	hamfaimisciseach	not applicable

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