Biosáintiam
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder.
Noun
editBiosáintiam m (genitive singular Biosáintiam)
- Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
Declension
editDeclension of Biosáintiam
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Related terms
edit- Biosántach (“Byzantine”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Biosáintiam | Bhiosáintiam | mBiosáintiam |
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) “Biosáintiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN