bia-eolaí

Irish

Etymology

From bia (“food”) +‎ eolaí (“scientist”).

Noun

bia-eolaí m (genitive singular bia-eolaí, nominative plural bia-eolaithe)

1. dietitian

Declension

Declension of bia-eolaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bia-eolaí bia-eolaithe vocative a bhia-eolaí a bhia-eolaithe genitive bia-eolaí bia-eolaithe dative bia-eolaí bia-eolaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bia-eolaí na bia-eolaithe genitive an bhia-eolaí na mbia-eolaithe dative leis an mbia-eolaí don bhia-eolaí leis na bia-eolaithe

Synonyms

• diaitéiteach m

Related terms

• bia-eolaíocht (“dietetics”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bia-eolaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bia-eolaí	bhia-eolaí	mbia-eolaí

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) “bia-eolaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “dietician”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024