pataigin

Irish

Etymology

From pata- (“patho-”) +‎ -gin (“-gen”).

Noun

pataigin f (genitive singular pataigine, nominative plural pataiginí)

1. (botany, immunology, pathology, physiology) pathogen

Declension

Declension of pataigin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pataigin pataiginí vocative a phataigin a phataiginí genitive pataigine pataiginí dative pataigin pataiginí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an phataigin na pataiginí genitive na pataigine na bpataiginí dative leis an bpataigin don phataigin leis na pataiginí

Related terms

• pataigineach
• pataigineacht
• pataigineas

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of pataigin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pataigin	phataigin	bpataigin

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