frithbhaictéarach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) + baictéar (“bacterium”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]frithbhaictéarach (genitive singular masculine frithbhaictéaraigh, genitive singular feminine frithbhaictéaraí, plural frithbhaictéaracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of frithbhaictéarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
frithbhaictéarach | fhrithbhaictéarach | bhfrithbhaictéarach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithbhaictéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “frithbhaictéarach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024