amfaimisciseach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From amfaimiscis (“amphimixis”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]amfaimisciseach (genitive singular masculine amfaimiscisigh, genitive singular feminine amfaimiscisí, plural amfaimisciseacha, not comparable)
- (biology) amphimictic (relating to amphimixis)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| amfaimisciseach | n-amfaimisciseach | hamfaimisciseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amfaimisciseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN