blastúl

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, diminutive of Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνειν (blastánein, “to bud, sprout, grow”, properly of plants, but also of animals).

Noun

blastúl m (genitive singular blastúil, nominative plural blastúil)

(embryology) blastula

Declension

Declension of blastúl

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	blastúl	blastúil
Vocative	a bhlastúil	a bhlastúla
Genitive	blastúil	blastúl
Dative	blastúl	blastúil

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an blastúl	na blastúil
Genitive	an bhlastúil	na mblastúl
Dative	leis an mblastúl don bhlastúl	leis na blastúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blastúl	bhlastúl	mblastúl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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