amfaibiach

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin amphibius (from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφι- (amphi-, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)) + -ach.

Adjective

amfaibiach (genitive singular masculine amfaibiach, genitive singular feminine amfaibiaiche, plural amfaibiacha, comparative amfaibiaiche)

  1. amphibious
    Synonyms: débheathach, loscánta

Declension

Declension of amfaibiach
singular plural (m/f)
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

amfaibiach m (genitive singular amfaibiaigh, nominative plural amfaibiaigh)

  1. amphibian
    Synonym: débheathach

Declension

Declension of amfaibiach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative amfaibiach amfaibiaigh
vocative a amfaibiaigh a amfaibiacha
genitive amfaibiaigh amfaibiach
dative amfaibiach amfaibiaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-amfaibiach na hamfaibiaigh
genitive an amfaibiaigh na n-amfaibiach
dative leis an amfaibiach
don amfaibiach 		leis na hamfaibiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of amfaibiach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amfaibiach n-amfaibiach hamfaibiach t-amfaibiach

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

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