prótaisteach

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin Protista (+ -ach), from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos).

Adjective

prótaisteach (genitive singular masculine prótaistigh, genitive singular feminine prótaistí, plural prótaisteacha, not comparable)

  1. (microbiology) protistan, protistic

Declension

Declension of prótaisteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative prótaisteach phrótaisteach prótaisteacha;
phrótaisteacha2
vocative phrótaistigh prótaisteacha
genitive prótaistí prótaisteacha prótaisteach
dative prótaisteach;
phrótaisteach1 		phrótaisteach;
phrótaistigh (archaic) 		prótaisteacha;
phrótaisteacha2
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.

Noun

prótaisteach m (genitive singular prótaistigh, nominative plural prótaistigh)

  1. (microbiology) protist, protistan

Declension

Declension of prótaisteach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative prótaisteach prótaistigh
vocative a phrótaistigh a phrótaisteacha
genitive prótaistigh prótaisteach
dative prótaisteach prótaistigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an prótaisteach na prótaistigh
genitive an phrótaistigh na bprótaisteach
dative leis an bprótaisteach
don phrótaisteach 		leis na prótaistigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of prótaisteach
radical lenition eclipsis
prótaisteach phrótaisteach bprótaisteach

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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