baictéara-

Irish

Alternative forms

• baictéarai- (used before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From baictéar (“bacterium”).

Prefix

baictéara-

1. (microbiology) bacterio-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with baictéara-

• baictéarafagach m (“bacteriophage”)
• baictéiricídeach (“bactericidal”, adjective)
• baictéarastatach (“bacteriostatic”, adjective)
• baictéareolaí m (“bacteriologist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of baictéara-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
baictéara-	bhaictéara-	mbaictéara-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baictéara(i)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN