Biosáintiam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder.

Noun

Biosáintiam m (genitive singular Biosáintiam)

1. Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)

Declension

Declension of Biosáintiam

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Biosáintiam Vocative a Bhiosáintiam Genitive Biosáintiam Dative Biosáintiam

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Biosáintiam Genitive an Bhiosáintiam Dative leis an mBiosáintiam don Bhiosáintiam

Related terms

• Biosántach (“Byzantine”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Biosáintiam	Bhiosáintiam	mBiosáintiam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Biosáintiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN