amfaibiach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin amphibius (from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφι- (amphi-, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)) + -ach.

Adjective

amfaibiach (genitive singular masculine amfaibiach, genitive singular feminine amfaibiaiche, plural amfaibiacha, comparative amfaibiaiche)

  1. amphibious
    Synonyms: débheathach, loscánta

Declension

Declension of amfaibiach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative amfaibiach amfaibiach amfaibiacha
vocative amfaibiach amfaibiacha
genitive amfaibiaiche amfaibiacha amfaibiach
dative amfaibiach amfaibiach amfaibiacha
Comparative níos amfaibiaiche
Superlative is amfaibiaiche

Noun

amfaibiach m (genitive singular amfaibiaigh, nominative plural amfaibiaigh)

  1. amphibian
    Synonym: débheathach

Declension

Declension of amfaibiach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative amfaibiach amfaibiaigh
vocative a amfaibiaigh a amfaibiacha
genitive amfaibiaigh amfaibiach
dative amfaibiach amfaibiaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-amfaibiach na hamfaibiaigh
genitive an amfaibiaigh na n-amfaibiach
dative leis an amfaibiach
don amfaibiach 		leis na hamfaibiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of amfaibiach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amfaibiach n-amfaibiach hamfaibiach t-amfaibiach

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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