frithábhar

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-”) +‎ ábhar (“matter, material; makings; cause, reason; subject, topic; object; matter, pus”).

Noun

frithábhar m (genitive singular frithábhair, nominative plural frithábhair)

1. (immunology) antibody

Declension

Declension of frithábhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative frithábhar frithábhair Vocative a fhrithábhair a fhrithábhara Genitive frithábhair frithábhar Dative frithábhar frithábhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an frithábhar na frithábhair Genitive an fhrithábhair na bhfrithábhar Dative leis an bhfrithábhar don fhrithábhar leis na frithábhair

Synonyms

• antashubstaint f
• frithchoirpín m

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithábhar	fhrithábhar	bhfrithábhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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