basaifileach

Irish

Etymology

From basa- (“baso-”) +‎ -fileach (“-philic”).

Adjective

basaifileach (genitive singular masculine basaifiligh, genitive singular feminine basaifilí, plural basaifileacha, comparative basaifilí)

1. (biology) basophilic

Declension

Declension of basaifileach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	basaifileach	bhasaifileach	basaifileacha; bhasaifileacha2
vocative	bhasaifiligh		basaifileacha
genitive		basaifilí	basaifileacha	basaifileach
dative	basaifileach; bhasaifileach1	bhasaifileach; bhasaifiligh (archaic)	basaifileacha; bhasaifileacha2
Comparative	níos basaifilí
Superlative	is basaifilí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of basaifileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
basaifileach	bhasaifileach	mbasaifileach

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