baictriach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

baictriach (genitive singular masculine baictriach, genitive singular feminine baictriaiche, plural baictriacha, not comparable)

1. Bactrian

Declension

Declension of baictriach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	baictriach	bhaictriach	baictriacha; bhaictriacha²
Vocative	bhaictriach		baictriacha
Genitive		baictriaiche	baictriacha	baictriach
Dative	baictriach; bhaictriach¹	bhaictriach	baictriacha; bhaictriacha²
Comparative	níos baictriaiche
Superlative	is baictriaiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baictriach	bhaictriach	mbaictriach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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