ontaigineacht

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Irish

Etymology

From onta- (“onto-”) +‎ -gineacht (“-geny”).

Noun

ontaigineacht f (genitive singular ontaigineachta, nominative plural ontaigineachtaí)

  1. (biology) ontogeny, ontogenesis
    Synonyms: ontaighiniúint, ontaigineas

Declension

Declension of ontaigineacht (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ontaigineacht ontaigineachtaí
vocative a ontaigineacht a ontaigineachtaí
genitive ontaigineachta ontaigineachtaí
dative ontaigineacht ontaigineachtaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ontaigineacht na hontaigineachtaí
genitive na hontaigineachta na n-ontaigineachtaí
dative leis an ontaigineacht
don ontaigineacht 		leis na hontaigineachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ontaigineacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ontaigineacht n-ontaigineacht hontaigineacht not applicable

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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