antashubstaint

Irish

Etymology

From anta- (“anti-”) +‎ substaint (“substance”).

Noun

antashubstaint f (genitive singular antashubstainte, nominative plural antashubstaintí)

1. (immunology) antibody

Declension

Declension of antashubstaint (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative antashubstaint antashubstaintí vocative a antashubstaint a antashubstaintí genitive antashubstainte antashubstaintí dative antashubstaint antashubstaintí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an antashubstaint na hantashubstaintí genitive na hantashubstainte na n-antashubstaintí dative leis an antashubstaint don antashubstaint leis na hantashubstaintí

Synonyms

• frithábhar m
• frithchoirpín m

Mutation

Mutated forms of antashubstaint

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antashubstaint	n-antashubstaint	hantashubstaint	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) “antashubstaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN