antaibheathach

Irish

Etymology

From anta- (“anti-”) +‎ beatha (“life”) + -ach.

Adjective

antaibheathach (genitive singular masculine antaibheathaigh, genitive singular feminine antaibheathaí, plural antaibheathacha, not comparable)

1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of antaibheathach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	antaibheathach	antaibheathach	antaibheathacha
vocative	antaibheathaigh		antaibheathacha
genitive		antaibheathaí	antaibheathacha	antaibheathach
dative	antaibheathach	antaibheathach; antaibheathaigh (archaic)	antaibheathacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Synonyms

• frithbheathach

Noun

antaibheathach m (genitive singular antaibheathaigh, nominative plural antaibheathaigh)

1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of antaibheathach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative antaibheathach antaibheathaigh vocative a antaibheathaigh a antaibheathacha genitive antaibheathaigh antaibheathach dative antaibheathach antaibheathaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-antaibheathach na hantaibheathaigh genitive an antaibheathaigh na n-antaibheathach dative leis an antaibheathach don antaibheathach leis na hantaibheathaigh

Synonyms

• frithbheathach

Mutation

Mutated forms of antaibheathach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antaibheathach	n-antaibheathach	hantaibheathach	t-antaibheathach

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