baictéarafagach

Irish

Etymology

From French bactériophage +‎ -ach. By surface analysis, baictéara- +‎ -fagach.

Noun

baictéarafagach m (genitive singular baictéarafagaigh, nominative plural baictéarafagaigh)

1. (microbiology, virology) bacteriophage

Declension

Declension of baictéarafagach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative baictéarafagach baictéarafagaigh vocative a bhaictéarafagaigh a bhaictéarafagacha genitive baictéarafagaigh baictéarafagach dative baictéarafagach baictéarafagaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an baictéarafagach na baictéarafagaigh genitive an bhaictéarafagaigh na mbaictéarafagach dative leis an mbaictéarafagach don bhaictéarafagach leis na baictéarafagaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of baictéarafagach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
baictéarafagach	bhaictéarafagach	mbaictéarafagach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “baictéarafagach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baictéarafagach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN