Biosántach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
[edit]Biosántach (genitive singular masculine Biosántaigh, genitive singular feminine Biosántaí, plural Biosántacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Biosántach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Biosántach | Bhiosántach | Biosántacha; Bhiosántacha² | |
Vocative | Bhiosántaigh | Biosántacha | ||
Genitive | Biosántaí | Biosántacha | Biosántach | |
Dative | Biosántach; Bhiosántach¹ |
Bhiosántach; Bhiosántaigh (archaic) |
Biosántacha; Bhiosántacha² | |
Comparative | níos Biosántaí | |||
Superlative | is Biosántaí |
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]- Biosáintiam m (“Byzantium”)
Noun
[edit]Biosántach m (genitive singular Biosántaigh, nominative plural Biosántaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Biosántach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Biosántach | Bhiosántach | mBiosántach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Biosántach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN