Biosántach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Biosántach (genitive singular masculine Biosántaigh, genitive singular feminine Biosántaí, plural Biosántacha)

1. Byzantine

Declension

Declension of Biosántach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Biosántach	Bhiosántach	Biosántacha; Bhiosántacha²
Vocative	Bhiosántaigh		Biosántacha
Genitive		Biosántaí	Biosántacha	Biosántach
Dative	Biosántach; Bhiosántach¹	Bhiosántach; Bhiosántaigh (archaic)	Biosántacha; Bhiosántacha²
Comparative	níos Biosántaí
Superlative	is Biosántaí

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

Related terms

• Biosáintiam m (“Byzantium”)

Noun

Biosántach m (genitive singular Biosántaigh, nominative plural Biosántaigh)

1. Byzantine

Declension

Declension of Biosántach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Biosántach Biosántaigh Vocative a Bhiosántaigh a Bhiosántacha Genitive Biosántaigh Biosántach Dative Biosántach Biosántaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Biosántach na Biosántaigh Genitive an Bhiosántaigh na mBiosántach Dative leis an mBiosántach don Bhiosántach leis na Biosántaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Biosántach	Bhiosántach	mBiosántach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Biosántach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN