ontaigineacht
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom onta- (“onto-”) + -gineacht (“-geny”).
Noun
editontaigineacht f (genitive singular ontaigineachta, nominative plural ontaigineachtaí)
- (biology) ontogeny, ontogenesis
- Synonyms: ontaighiniúint, ontaigineas
Declension
editDeclension of ontaigineacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
edit- ontaiginiteach (“ontogenetic”, adjective)
Mutation
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ontaigineacht | n-ontaigineacht | hontaigineacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ontaigineacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN