blastúl

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνειν (blastánein, “to bud, sprout, grow”, properly of plants, but also of animals).

Noun

blastúl m (genitive singular blastúil, nominative plural blastúil)

1. (embryology) blastula

Declension

Declension of blastúl

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative blastúl blastúil Vocative a bhlastúil a bhlastúla Genitive blastúil blastúl Dative blastúl blastúil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an blastúl na blastúil Genitive an bhlastúil na mblastúl Dative leis an mblastúl don bhlastúl leis na blastúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blastúl	bhlastúl	mblastúl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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