prótaigineach

Irish

Etymology

From próta- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

prótaigineach (genitive singular masculine prótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine prótaiginí, plural prótaigineacha, not comparable)

1. protogenic

Declension

Declension of prótaigineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	prótaigineach	phrótaigineach	prótaigineacha; phrótaigineacha²
Vocative	phrótaiginigh		prótaigineacha
Genitive		prótaiginí	prótaigineacha	prótaigineach
Dative	prótaigineach; phrótaigineach¹	phrótaigineach; phrótaiginigh (archaic)	prótaigineacha; phrótaigineacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
prótaigineach	phrótaigineach	bprótaigineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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