prótasónach
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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]Declension of prótasónach
| 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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| prótasónach | phrótasónach | bprótasónach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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, 2013-2024