frithábhar

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-”) +‎ ábhar (“matter, material; makings; cause, reason; subject, topic; object; matter, pus”).

Noun

frithábhar m (genitive singular frithábhair, nominative plural frithábhair)

1. (immunology) antibody

Declension

Declension of frithábhar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frithábhar frithábhair vocative a fhrithábhair a fhrithábhara genitive frithábhair frithábhar dative frithábhar frithábhair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an frithábhar na frithábhair genitive an fhrithábhair na bhfrithábhar dative leis an bhfrithábhar don fhrithábhar leis na frithábhair

Synonyms

• antashubstaint f
• frithchoirpín m

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithábhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithábhar	fhrithábhar	bhfrithábhar

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