prótaigineach

Irish

Etymology

From próta- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

prótaigineach (genitive singular masculine prótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine prótaiginí, plural prótaigineacha, not comparable)

  1. protogenic

Declension

Declension of prótaigineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative prótaigineach phrótaigineach prótaigineacha;
phrótaigineacha2
vocative phrótaiginigh prótaigineacha
genitive prótaiginí prótaigineacha prótaigineach
dative prótaigineach;
phrótaigineach1
phrótaigineach;
phrótaiginigh (archaic)
prótaigineacha;
phrótaigineacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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 prótaigineach
radical lenition eclipsis
prótaigineach phrótaigineach bprótaigineach

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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