ontaigineacht

Irish

Etymology

From onta- (“onto-”) +‎ -gineacht (“-geny”).

Noun

ontaigineacht f (genitive singular ontaigineachta, nominative plural ontaigineachtaí)

1. (biology) ontogeny, ontogenesis

   Synonyms: ontaighiniúint, ontaigineas

Declension

Declension of ontaigineacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ontaigineacht ontaigineachtaí Vocative a ontaigineacht a ontaigineachtaí Genitive ontaigineachta ontaigineachtaí Dative ontaigineacht ontaigineachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ontaigineacht na hontaigineachtaí Genitive na hontaigineachta na n-ontaigineachtaí Dative leis an ontaigineacht don ontaigineacht leis na hontaigineachtaí

Related terms

• ontaiginiteach (“ontogenetic”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ontaigineacht	n-ontaigineacht	hontaigineacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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