ontaigineacht

Irish

Etymology

From onta- (“onto-”) +‎ -gineacht (“-geny”).

Noun

ontaigineacht f (genitive singular ontaigineachta, nominative plural ontaigineachtaí)

1. (biology) ontogeny, ontogenesis

   Synonyms: ontaighiniúint, ontaigineas

Declension

Declension of ontaigineacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ontaigineacht ontaigineachtaí vocative a ontaigineacht a ontaigineachtaí genitive ontaigineachta ontaigineachtaí dative ontaigineacht ontaigineachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ontaigineacht na hontaigineachtaí genitive na hontaigineachta na n-ontaigineachtaí dative leis an ontaigineacht don ontaigineacht leis na hontaigineachtaí

Related terms

• ontaiginiteach (“ontogenetic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ontaigineacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ontaigineacht	n-ontaigineacht	hontaigineacht	not applicable

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