frithbhaictéarach
Irish
Etymology
From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) + baictéar (“bacterium”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
frithbhaictéarach (genitive singular masculine frithbhaictéaraigh, genitive singular feminine frithbhaictéaraí, plural frithbhaictéaracha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of frithbhaictéarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | frithbhaictéarach | fhrithbhaictéarach | frithbhaictéaracha; fhrithbhaictéaracha² | |
| Vocative | fhrithbhaictéaraigh | frithbhaictéaracha | ||
| Genitive | frithbhaictéaraí | frithbhaictéaracha | frithbhaictéarach | |
| Dative | frithbhaictéarach; fhrithbhaictéarach¹ |
fhrithbhaictéarach; fhrithbhaictéaraigh (archaic) |
frithbhaictéaracha; fhrithbhaictéaracha² | |
| Comparative | níos frithbhaictéaraí | |||
| Superlative | is frithbhaictéaraí | |||
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
- baictéarach (“bacterial”, adjective)
- baictéarafagach m (“bacteriophage”)
- baictéaraicídeach (“bactericidal”, adjective)
- baictéaralú m (“bacteriolysis”)
- baictéarastatach (“bacteriostatic”, adjective)
- baictéareolaíocht f (“bacteriology”)
- baictéareolaí m (“bacteriologist”)
- baictéiricíd f (“bactericide”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| frithbhaictéarach | fhrithbhaictéarach | bhfrithbhaictéarach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frithbhaictéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “frithbhaictéarach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024