oinceolaí

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin onco- (“tumor”) + eolaí (“scientist, -ologist”).

Noun

oinceolaí m (genitive singular oinceolaí, nominative plural oinceolaithe)

1. oncologist

Declension

Declension of oinceolaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative oinceolaí oinceolaithe Vocative a oinceolaí a oinceolaithe Genitive oinceolaí oinceolaithe Dative oinceolaí oinceolaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oinceolaí na hoinceolaithe Genitive an oinceolaí na n-oinceolaithe Dative leis an oinceolaí don oinceolaí leis na hoinceolaithe

Related terms

• oinceolaíoch (“oncological”, adjective)
• oinceolaíocht f (“oncology”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oinceolaí	n-oinceolaí	hoinceolaí	t-oinceolaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "oinceolaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.