eiritricít

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) +‎ -cít

Noun

eiritricít f (genitive singular eiritricíte, nominative plural eiritricítí)

1. (cytology, hematology, immunology) erythrocyte

   Synonym: fuilchill dhearg

Declension

Declension of eiritricít (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eiritricít eiritricítí vocative a eiritricít a eiritricítí genitive eiritricíte eiritricítí dative eiritricít eiritricítí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an eiritricít na heiritricítí genitive na heiritricíte na n-eiritricítí dative leis an eiritricít don eiritricít leis na heiritricítí

Related terms

• leocaicít f (“leukocyte”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eiritricít

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eiritricít	n-eiritricít	heiritricít	not applicable

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) “eiritricít”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “erythrocyte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025