frithbhaictéarach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) +‎ baictéar (“bacterium”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithbhaictéarach (genitive singular masculine frithbhaictéaraigh, genitive singular feminine frithbhaictéaraí, plural frithbhaictéaracha, not comparable)

1. anti-bacterial

Declension

Declension of frithbhaictéarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	frithbhaictéarach	fhrithbhaictéarach	frithbhaictéaracha; fhrithbhaictéaracha²
Vocative	fhrithbhaictéaraigh		frithbhaictéaracha
Genitive		frithbhaictéaraí	frithbhaictéaracha	frithbhaictéarach
Dative	frithbhaictéarach; fhrithbhaictéarach¹	fhrithbhaictéarach; fhrithbhaictéaraigh (archaic)	frithbhaictéaracha; fhrithbhaictéaracha²
Comparative	níos frithbhaictéaraí
Superlative	is frithbhaictéaraí

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

• baictéarach (“bacterial”, adjective)
• baictéarafagach m (“bacteriophage”)
• baictéaralú m (“bacteriolysis”)
• baictéarastatach (“bacteriostatic”, adjective)
• baictéareolaí m (“bacteriologist”)
• baictéareolaíocht f (“bacteriology”)
• baictéiricíd f (“bactericide”)
• baictéiricídeach (“bactericidal”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithbhaictéarach	fhrithbhaictéarach	bhfrithbhaictéarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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