amfaimisciseach

Irish

Etymology

From amfaimiscis (“amphimixis”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

amfaimisciseach (genitive singular masculine amfaimiscisigh, genitive singular feminine amfaimiscisí, plural amfaimisciseacha, not comparable)

1. (biology) amphimictic (relating to amphimixis)

Declension

Declension of amfaimisciseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	amfaimisciseach	amfaimisciseach	amfaimisciseacha
Vocative	amfaimiscisigh		amfaimisciseacha
Genitive		amfaimiscisí	amfaimisciseacha	amfaimisciseach
Dative	amfaimisciseach	amfaimisciseach; amfaimiscisigh (archaic)	amfaimisciseacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amfaimisciseach	n-amfaimisciseach	hamfaimisciseach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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