morfaiginiteach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From morfa- (“morpho-”) + -giniteach (“-genetic”).
Adjective[edit]
morfaiginiteach (genitive singular masculine morfaiginitigh, genitive singular feminine morfaiginití, plural morfaiginiteacha, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of morfaiginiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | morfaiginiteach | mhorfaiginiteach | morfaiginiteacha; mhorfaiginiteacha² | |
| Vocative | mhorfaiginitigh | morfaiginiteacha | ||
| Genitive | morfaiginití | morfaiginiteacha | morfaiginiteach | |
| Dative | morfaiginiteach; mhorfaiginiteach¹ |
mhorfaiginiteach; mhorfaiginitigh (archaic) |
morfaiginiteacha; mhorfaiginiteacha² | |
| 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]
- morfaigineas m (“morphogenesis”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| morfaiginiteach | mhorfaiginiteach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “morfaiginiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN