Irish
Etymology
From French bactériophage + -ach. By surface analysis, baictéara- + -fagach.
Noun
baictéarafagach m (genitive singular baictéarafagaigh, nominative plural baictéarafagaigh)
- (microbiology, virology) bacteriophage
Declension
Declension of baictéarafagach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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baictéarafagach
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baictéarafagaigh
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| vocative
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a bhaictéarafagaigh
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a bhaictéarafagacha
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| genitive
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baictéarafagaigh
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baictéarafagach
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| dative
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baictéarafagach
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baictéarafagaigh
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an baictéarafagach
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na baictéarafagaigh
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| genitive
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an bhaictéarafagaigh
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na mbaictéarafagach
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| dative
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leis an mbaictéarafagach
don bhaictéarafagach
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leis na baictéarafagaigh
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Mutation
Mutated forms of baictéarafagach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| baictéarafagach
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bhaictéarafagach
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mbaictéarafagach
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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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