bithsféar

Irish

Etymology

From bith- (“bio-”) +‎ sféar (“sphere”).

Noun

bithsféar m (genitive singular bithsféir, nominative plural bithsféir)

1. (ecology) biosphere

Declension

Declension of bithsféar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bithsféar bithsféir vocative a bhithsféir a bhithsféara genitive bithsféir bithsféar dative bithsféar bithsféir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bithsféar na bithsféir genitive an bhithsféir na mbithsféar dative leis an mbithsféar don bhithsféar leis na bithsféir

Mutation

Mutated forms of bithsféar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bithsféar	bhithsféar	mbithsféar

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