bithghineas

Irish

Etymology

From bith- (“bio-”) +‎ -gineas (“-genesis”).

Noun

bithghineas m (genitive singular bithghinis)

1. (biology) biogenesis

Declension

Declension of bithghineas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bithghineas vocative a bhithghinis genitive bithghinis dative bithghineas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bithghineas genitive an bhithghinis dative leis an mbithghineas don bhithghineas

Derived terms

• aibithghineas m (“abiogenesis”)

Related terms

• bithghineach (“biogenic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bithghineas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bithghineas	bhithghineas	mbithghineas

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