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Biosántach
Biosántach
Irish
Adjective
Biosántach (genitive singular masculine Biosántaigh, genitive singular feminine Biosántaí, plural Biosántacha)
Declension
Declension of Biosántach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Biosántach | Biosántach¹ | Biosántacha³ | |
| Vocative | Biosántaigh¹ | Biosántach¹ | Biosántacha | |
| Genitive | Biosántaigh¹ | Biosántaí (obsolete) Biosántaighe |
Biosántacha | Biosántach |
| Dative | Biosántach² | Biosántach¹ (archaic) Biosántaigh¹ |
Biosántacha³ | |
| Comparative | Biosántaí (obsolete) Biosántaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- Biosáintiam m (“Byzantium”)
Noun
Biosántach m (genitive singular Biosántaigh, nominative plural Biosántaigh)
Declension
Declension of Biosántach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Biosántach | Bhiosántach | mBiosántach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "Biosántach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.