prótaplasma

Irish

Etymology

From próta- (“proto-”) +‎ plasma, or else borrowed from German Protoplasma; in any case, ultimately from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”).

Noun

prótaplasma m (genitive singular prótaplasma, nominative plural prótaplasmaí)

1. (cytology) protoplasm

   Synonym: réamhdhamhna

Declension

Declension of prótaplasma (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative prótaplasma prótaplasmaí vocative a phrótaplasma a phrótaplasmaí genitive prótaplasma prótaplasmaí dative prótaplasma prótaplasmaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an prótaplasma na prótaplasmaí genitive an phrótaplasma na bprótaplasmaí dative leis an bprótaplasma don phrótaplasma leis na prótaplasmaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of prótaplasma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
prótaplasma	phrótaplasma	bprótaplasma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prótaplasma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “prótaplasma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “prótaplasma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025