amfaibiach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin amphibius (from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφι- (amphi-, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]amfaibiach (genitive singular masculine amfaibiach, genitive singular feminine amfaibiaiche, plural amfaibiacha, comparative amfaibiaiche)
- amphibious
- Synonyms: débheathach, loscánta
Declension
[edit]Declension of amfaibiach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | amfaibiach | amfaibiach | amfaibiacha | |
Vocative | amfaibiach | amfaibiacha | ||
Genitive | amfaibiaiche | amfaibiacha | amfaibiach | |
Dative | amfaibiach | amfaibiach | amfaibiacha | |
Comparative | níos amfaibiaiche | |||
Superlative | is amfaibiaiche |
Noun
[edit]amfaibiach m (genitive singular amfaibiaigh, nominative plural amfaibiaigh)
- amphibian
- Synonym: débheathach
Declension
[edit]Declension of amfaibiach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
amfaibiach | n-amfaibiach | hamfaibiach | t-amfaibiach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amfaibiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “amfaibiach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “amfaibiach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Amphibians