Irish
Etymology
From próta- (“proto-”) + plasma, or else borrowed from German Protoplasma; in any case, ultimately from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”).
Noun
prótaplasma m (genitive singular prótaplasma, nominative plural prótaplasmaí)
- (cytology) protoplasm
- Synonym: réamhdhamhna
Declension
Declension of prótaplasma (fourth declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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prótaplasma
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prótaplasmaí
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| vocative
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a phrótaplasma
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a phrótaplasmaí
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| genitive
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prótaplasma
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prótaplasmaí
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| dative
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prótaplasma
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prótaplasmaí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of prótaplasma
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| prótaplasma
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phrótaplasma
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bprótaplasma
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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.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “prótaplasma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “prótaplasma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “prótaplasma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025