frithbheathach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (anti-) +‎ beatha (life) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithbheathach (genitive singular masculine frithbheathaigh, genitive singular feminine frithbheathaí, plural frithbheathacha, comparative frithbheathaí)

  1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of frithbheathach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative frithbheathach fhrithbheathach frithbheathacha;
fhrithbheathacha2
vocative fhrithbheathaigh frithbheathacha
genitive frithbheathaí frithbheathacha frithbheathach
dative frithbheathach;
fhrithbheathach1
fhrithbheathach;
fhrithbheathaigh (archaic)
frithbheathacha;
fhrithbheathacha2
Comparative níos frithbheathaí
Superlative is frithbheathaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Noun

frithbheathach m (genitive singular frithbheathaigh, nominative plural frithbheathaigh)

  1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of frithbheathach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative frithbheathach frithbheathaigh
vocative a fhrithbheathaigh a fhrithbheathacha
genitive frithbheathaigh frithbheathach
dative frithbheathach frithbheathaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an frithbheathach na frithbheathaigh
genitive an fhrithbheathaigh na bhfrithbheathach
dative leis an bhfrithbheathach
don fhrithbheathach
leis na frithbheathaigh

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of frithbheathach
radical lenition eclipsis
frithbheathach fhrithbheathach bhfrithbheathach

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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