basaifileach

Irish

Etymology

From basa- (“baso-”) +‎ -fileach (“-philic”).

Adjective

basaifileach (genitive singular masculine basaifiligh, genitive singular feminine basaifilí, plural basaifileacha, comparative basaifilí)

1. (biology) basophilic

Declension

Declension of basaifileach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	basaifileach	bhasaifileach	basaifileacha; bhasaifileacha²
Vocative	bhasaifiligh		basaifileacha
Genitive		basaifilí	basaifileacha	basaifileach
Dative	basaifileach; bhasaifileach¹	bhasaifileach; bhasaifiligh (archaic)	basaifileacha; bhasaifileacha²
Comparative	níos basaifilí
Superlative	is basaifilí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
basaifileach	bhasaifileach	mbasaifileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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