fíligineacht

Irish

Etymology

From fíli- (“phylo-”) +‎ -gineacht (“-geny”).

Noun

fíligineacht f (genitive singular fíligineachta, nominative plural fíligineachtaí)

1. (biology) phylogeny, phylogenesis

Declension

Declension of fíligineacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fíligineacht fíligineachtaí vocative a fhíligineacht a fhíligineachtaí genitive fíligineachta fíligineachtaí dative fíligineacht fíligineachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhíligineacht na fíligineachtaí genitive na fíligineachta na bhfíligineachtaí dative leis an bhfíligineacht don fhíligineacht leis na fíligineachtaí

Related terms

• fíliginiteach (“phylogenetic”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíligineacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fíligineacht	fhíligineacht	bhfíligineacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíligineacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN