pataigin

Irish

Etymology

From pata- (“patho-”) +‎ -gin (“-gen”).

Noun

pataigin f (genitive singular pataigine, nominative plural pataiginí)

  1. (botany, immunology, pathology, physiology) pathogen

Declension

Declension of pataigin (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pataigin pataiginí
vocative a phataigin a phataiginí
genitive pataigine pataiginí
dative pataigin pataiginí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phataigin na pataiginí
genitive na pataigine na bpataiginí
dative leis an bpataigin
don phataigin 		leis na pataiginí

Mutation

Mutated forms of pataigin
radical lenition eclipsis
pataigin phataigin bpataigin

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pataigin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “pataigin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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