prótaisteach

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin Protista (+ -ach), from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Adjective

prótaisteach (genitive singular masculine prótaistigh, genitive singular feminine prótaistí, plural prótaisteacha, not comparable)

  1. (microbiology) protistan, protistic

Declension
Declension of prótaisteach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative prótaisteach phrótaisteach prótaisteacha;
phrótaisteacha²
Vocative phrótaistigh prótaisteacha
Genitive prótaistí prótaisteacha prótaisteach
Dative prótaisteach;
phrótaisteach¹		 phrótaisteach;
phrótaistigh (archaic)		 prótaisteacha;
phrótaisteacha²
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.

Noun

prótaisteach m (genitive singular prótaistigh, nominative plural prótaistigh)

  1. (microbiology) protist, protistan

Declension
Declension of prótaisteach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prótaisteach prótaistigh
Vocative a phrótaistigh a phrótaisteacha
Genitive prótaistigh prótaisteach
Dative prótaisteach prótaistigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an prótaisteach na prótaistigh
Genitive an phrótaistigh na bprótaisteach
Dative leis an bprótaisteach

don phrótaisteach

 leis na prótaistigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
prótaisteach phrótaisteach bprótaisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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