frithchoirpín

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-”) +‎ coirpín (“corpuscle”).

Noun

frithchoirpín m (genitive singular frithchoirpín, nominative plural frithchoirpíní)

1. (immunology) antibody

Declension

Declension of frithchoirpín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative frithchoirpín frithchoirpíní vocative a fhrithchoirpín a fhrithchoirpíní genitive frithchoirpín frithchoirpíní dative frithchoirpín frithchoirpíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an frithchoirpín na frithchoirpíní genitive an fhrithchoirpín na bhfrithchoirpíní dative leis an bhfrithchoirpín don fhrithchoirpín leis na frithchoirpíní

Synonyms

• antashubstaint f
• frithábhar m

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithchoirpín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
frithchoirpín	fhrithchoirpín	bhfrithchoirpín

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