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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
prótaisteach	phrótaisteach	bprótaisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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