antaiseipteach

Irish

Etymology

From anta- (“anti-”) +‎ seipteach (“septic”).

Adjective

antaiseipteach (genitive singular masculine antaiseiptigh, genitive singular feminine antaiseiptí, plural antaiseipteacha, comparative antaiseiptí)

1. (medicine) antiseptic

Declension

Declension of antaiseipteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	antaiseipteach	antaiseipteach	antaiseipteacha
Vocative	antaiseiptigh		antaiseipteacha
Genitive		antaiseiptí	antaiseipteacha	antaiseipteach
Dative	antaiseipteach	antaiseipteach; antaiseiptigh (archaic)	antaiseipteacha
Comparative	níos antaiseiptí
Superlative	is antaiseiptí

Synonyms

• frithsheipteach

Related terms

• antaiseipteán (“antiseptic”, noun)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antaiseipteach	n-antaiseipteach	hantaiseipteach	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) “antaiseipteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN