prótaigineach

Irish

Etymology

From próta- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

prótaigineach (genitive singular masculine prótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine prótaiginí, plural prótaigineacha, not comparable)

1. protogenic

Declension

Declension of prótaigineach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	prótaigineach	phrótaigineach	prótaigineacha; phrótaigineacha2
vocative	phrótaiginigh		prótaigineacha
genitive		prótaiginí	prótaigineacha	prótaigineach
dative	prótaigineach; phrótaigineach1	phrótaigineach; phrótaiginigh (archaic)	prótaigineacha; phrótaigineacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of prótaigineach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prótaigineach	phrótaigineach	bprótaigineach

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