morfaiginiteach

Irish

Etymology

From morfa- (“morpho-”) +‎ -giniteach (“-genetic”).

Adjective

morfaiginiteach (genitive singular masculine morfaiginitigh, genitive singular feminine morfaiginití, plural morfaiginiteacha, not comparable)

1. (biology) morphogenetic

Declension

Declension of morfaiginiteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	morfaiginiteach	mhorfaiginiteach	morfaiginiteacha; mhorfaiginiteacha2
vocative	mhorfaiginitigh		morfaiginiteacha
genitive		morfaiginití	morfaiginiteacha	morfaiginiteach
dative	morfaiginiteach; mhorfaiginiteach1	mhorfaiginiteach; mhorfaiginitigh (archaic)	morfaiginiteacha; mhorfaiginiteacha2
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.

Related terms

• morfaigineas m (“morphogenesis”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of morfaiginiteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
morfaiginiteach	mhorfaiginiteach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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