bícéips

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Irish

bícéips

Etymology

Borrowed from English biceps, from Latin biceps (“two-headed”)), from bi- (“double”) + caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bícéips f (genitive singular bícéipse, nominative plural bícéipsí)

  1. (anatomy) biceps

Declension

Declension of bícéips (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bícéips bícéipsí
vocative a bhícéips a bhícéipsí
genitive bícéipse bícéipsí
dative bícéips bícéipsí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhícéips na bícéipsí
genitive na bícéipse na mbícéipsí
dative leis an mbícéips
don bhícéips 		leis na bícéipsí

Mutation

Mutated forms of bícéips
radical lenition eclipsis
bícéips bhícéips mbícéips

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “bícéips”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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