Biosáintiam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον (Buzántion), from Βύζας (Búzas), the city's legendary founder.

Noun

Biosáintiam m (genitive singular Biosáintiam)

  1. Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)

Declension
Declension of Biosáintiam

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Biosáintiam
Vocative a Bhiosáintiam
Genitive Biosáintiam
Dative Biosáintiam

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Biosáintiam
Genitive an Bhiosáintiam
Dative leis an mBiosáintiam

don Bhiosáintiam

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Biosáintiam Bhiosáintiam mBiosáintiam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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