aigéadobach
Irish
Etymology
From aigéad (“acid”) + -obach (“-tight”).
Adjective
aigéadobach (genitive singular masculine aigéadobaigh, genitive singular feminine aigéadobaí, plural aigéadobacha, comparative aigéadobaí)
- (biochemistry) acid-fast
Declension
Declension of aigéadobach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aigéadobach | aigéadobach | aigéadobacha | |
| Vocative | aigéadobaigh | aigéadobacha | ||
| Genitive | aigéadobaí | aigéadobacha | aigéadobach | |
| Dative | aigéadobach | aigéadobach; aigéadobaigh (archaic) | aigéadobacha | |
| Comparative | níos aigéadobaí | |||
| Superlative | is aigéadobaí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aigéadobach | n-aigéadobach | haigéadobach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aigéadobach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.