frithbhaictéarach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ baictéar (“bacterium”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithbhaictéarach (genitive singular masculine frithbhaictéaraigh, genitive singular feminine frithbhaictéaraí, plural frithbhaictéaracha, not comparable)

1. anti-bacterial

Declension

Declension of frithbhaictéarach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	frithbhaictéarach	fhrithbhaictéarach	frithbhaictéaracha; fhrithbhaictéaracha2
vocative	fhrithbhaictéaraigh		frithbhaictéaracha
genitive		frithbhaictéaraí	frithbhaictéaracha	frithbhaictéarach
dative	frithbhaictéarach; fhrithbhaictéarach1	fhrithbhaictéarach; fhrithbhaictéaraigh (archaic)	frithbhaictéaracha; fhrithbhaictéaracha2
Comparative	níos frithbhaictéaraí
Superlative	is frithbhaictéaraí

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

• baictéarach (“bacterial”, adjective)
• baictéarafagach m (“bacteriophage”)
• baictéaralú m (“bacteriolysis”)
• baictéarastatach (“bacteriostatic”, adjective)
• baictéareolaí m (“bacteriologist”)
• baictéareolaíocht f (“bacteriology”)
• baictéiricíd f (“bactericide”)
• baictéiricídeach (“bactericidal”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithbhaictéarach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithbhaictéarach	fhrithbhaictéarach	bhfrithbhaictéarach

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