prótasónach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prótasón (“protozoan”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]prótasónach (genitive singular masculine prótasónaigh, genitive singular feminine prótasónaí, plural prótasónacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | prótasónach | phrótasónach | prótasónacha; phrótasónacha2 | |
| vocative | phrótasónaigh | prótasónacha | ||
| genitive | prótasónaí | prótasónacha | prótasónach | |
| dative | prótasónach; phrótasónach1 |
phrótasónach; phrótasónaigh (archaic) |
prótasónacha; phrótasónacha2 | |
| 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.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| prótasónach | phrótasónach | bprótasónach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prótasónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “prótasónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025