bithmhéadrach

Irish

Etymology

From bith- +‎ méadrach.

Adjective

bithmhéadrach (genitive singular masculine bithmhéadraigh, genitive singular feminine bithmhéadraí, plural bithmhéadracha, comparative bithmhéadraí)

1. biometric, biometrical

Declension

Declension of bithmhéadrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bithmhéadrach	bhithmhéadrach	bithmhéadracha; bhithmhéadracha2
vocative	bhithmhéadraigh		bithmhéadracha
genitive		bithmhéadraí	bithmhéadracha	bithmhéadrach
dative	bithmhéadrach; bhithmhéadrach1	bhithmhéadrach; bhithmhéadraigh (archaic)	bithmhéadracha; bhithmhéadracha2
Comparative	níos bithmhéadraí
Superlative	is bithmhéadraí

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

Related terms

• bithmhéadracht f (“biometrics, biometry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bithmhéadrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bithmhéadrach	bhithmhéadrach	mbithmhéadrach

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