prótaisteach

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin Protista (+ -ach), from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Adjective

prótaisteach (genitive singular masculine prótaistigh, genitive singular feminine prótaistí, plural prótaisteacha, not comparable)

1. (microbiology) protistan, protistic

Declension

Declension of prótaisteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	prótaisteach	phrótaisteach	prótaisteacha; phrótaisteacha2
vocative	phrótaistigh		prótaisteacha
genitive		prótaistí	prótaisteacha	prótaisteach
dative	prótaisteach; phrótaisteach1	phrótaisteach; phrótaistigh (archaic)	prótaisteacha; phrótaisteacha2
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.

Noun

prótaisteach m (genitive singular prótaistigh, nominative plural prótaistigh)

1. (microbiology) protist, protistan

Declension

Declension of prótaisteach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative prótaisteach prótaistigh vocative a phrótaistigh a phrótaisteacha genitive prótaistigh prótaisteach dative prótaisteach prótaistigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an prótaisteach na prótaistigh genitive an phrótaistigh na bprótaisteach dative leis an bprótaisteach don phrótaisteach leis na prótaistigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of prótaisteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prótaisteach	phrótaisteach	bprótaisteach

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