frithbheathach

Irish

Etymology

From frith- (“anti-”) +‎ beatha (“life”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

frithbheathach (genitive singular masculine frithbheathaigh, genitive singular feminine frithbheathaí, plural frithbheathacha, comparative frithbheathaí)

1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of frithbheathach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	frithbheathach	fhrithbheathach	frithbheathacha; fhrithbheathacha²
Vocative	fhrithbheathaigh		frithbheathacha
Genitive		frithbheathaí	frithbheathacha	frithbheathach
Dative	frithbheathach; fhrithbheathach¹	fhrithbheathach; fhrithbheathaigh (archaic)	frithbheathacha; fhrithbheathacha²
Comparative	níos frithbheathaí
Superlative	is frithbheathaí

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

Synonyms

• antaibheathach

Noun

frithbheathach m (genitive singular frithbheathaigh, nominative plural frithbheathaigh)

1. antibiotic

Declension

Declension of frithbheathach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative frithbheathach frithbheathaigh Vocative a fhrithbheathaigh a fhrithbheathacha Genitive frithbheathaigh frithbheathach Dative frithbheathach frithbheathaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an frithbheathach na frithbheathaigh Genitive an fhrithbheathaigh na bhfrithbheathach Dative leis an bhfrithbheathach don fhrithbheathach leis na frithbheathaigh

Synonyms

• antaibheathach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
frithbheathach	fhrithbheathach	bhfrithbheathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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