baictéara-

Irish

Alternative forms

• baictéarai- (used before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From baictéar (“bacterium”).

Prefix

baictéara-

1. (microbiology) bacterio-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with baictéara-

• baictéarafagach m (“bacteriophage”)
• baictéiricídeach (“bactericidal”, adjective)
• baictéarastatach (“bacteriostatic”, adjective)
• baictéareolaí m (“bacteriologist”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baictéara-	bhaictéara-	mbaictéara-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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