baictéarafagach

Irish

Etymology

From French bactériophage +‎ -ach. By surface analysis, baictéara- +‎ -fagach.

Noun

baictéarafagach m (genitive singular baictéarafagaigh, nominative plural baictéarafagaigh)

1. (microbiology, virology) bacteriophage

Declension

Declension of baictéarafagach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative baictéarafagach baictéarafagaigh Vocative a bhaictéarafagaigh a bhaictéarafagacha Genitive baictéarafagaigh baictéarafagach Dative baictéarafagach baictéarafagaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an baictéarafagach na baictéarafagaigh Genitive an bhaictéarafagaigh na mbaictéarafagach Dative leis an mbaictéarafagach don bhaictéarafagach leis na baictéarafagaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baictéarafagach	bhaictéarafagach	mbaictéarafagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “baictéarafagach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baictéarafagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN