basaifileach

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Irish

Etymology

From basa- (“baso-”) +‎ -fileach (“-philic”).

Adjective

basaifileach (genitive singular masculine basaifiligh, genitive singular feminine basaifilí, plural basaifileacha, comparative basaifilí)

  1. (biology) basophilic

Declension

Declension of basaifileach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative basaifileach bhasaifileach basaifileacha;
bhasaifileacha2
vocative bhasaifiligh basaifileacha
genitive basaifilí basaifileacha basaifileach
dative basaifileach;
bhasaifileach1 		bhasaifileach;
bhasaifiligh (archaic) 		basaifileacha;
bhasaifileacha2
Comparative níos basaifilí
Superlative is basaifilí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of basaifileach
radical lenition eclipsis
basaifileach bhasaifileach mbasaifileach

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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