antaibheathach

antaibheathach

Irish

Etymology

From anta- (“anti-”) +‎ beatha (“life”) + -ach.

Adjective

antaibheathach (genitive singular masculine antaibheathaigh, genitive singular feminine antaibheathaí, plural antaibheathacha, not comparable)

1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of antaibheathach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	antaibheathach	antaibheathach	antaibheathacha
Vocative	antaibheathaigh		antaibheathacha
Genitive		antaibheathaí	antaibheathacha	antaibheathach
Dative	antaibheathach	antaibheathach; antaibheathaigh (archaic)	antaibheathacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Synonyms

• frithbheathach

Noun

antaibheathach m (genitive singular antaibheathaigh, nominative plural antaibheathaigh)

1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of antaibheathach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative antaibheathach antaibheathaigh Vocative a antaibheathaigh a antaibheathacha Genitive antaibheathaigh antaibheathach Dative antaibheathach antaibheathaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-antaibheathach na hantaibheathaigh Genitive an antaibheathaigh na n-antaibheathach Dative leis an antaibheathach don antaibheathach leis na hantaibheathaigh

Synonyms

• frithbheathach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antaibheathach	n-antaibheathach	hantaibheathach	t-antaibheathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "antaibheathach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.