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)

  1. anti-bacterial

Declension

Declension of frithbhaictéarach
Positive singular plural
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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithbhaictéarach
radical lenition eclipsis
frithbhaictéarach fhrithbhaictéarach bhfrithbhaictéarach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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