Biosáintiam
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder.
Noun[edit]
Biosáintiam m (genitive singular Biosáintiam)
- Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Biosáintiam
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms[edit]
- Biosántach (“Byzantine”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Biosáintiam | Bhiosáintiam | mBiosáintiam |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Biosáintiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN