bithcheimiceach

Irish

Etymology

From bith- (“bio-”) +‎ ceimic (“chemistry”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bithcheimiceach (genitive singular masculine bithcheimicigh, genitive singular feminine bithcheimicí, plural bithcheimiceacha, not comparable)

1. (biology, chemistry) biochemical

Declension

Declension of bithcheimiceach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bithcheimiceach	bhithcheimiceach	bithcheimiceacha; bhithcheimiceacha²
Vocative	bhithcheimicigh		bithcheimiceacha
Genitive		bithcheimicí	bithcheimiceacha	bithcheimiceach
Dative	bithcheimiceach; bhithcheimiceach¹	bhithcheimiceach; bhithcheimicigh (archaic)	bithcheimiceacha; bhithcheimiceacha²
Comparative	níos bithcheimicí
Superlative	is bithcheimicí

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

• bithcheimic f (“biochemistry”)
• ceimiceach (“chemical”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bithcheimiceach	bhithcheimiceach	mbithcheimiceach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bithcheimiceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “bithcheimiceach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024