siméadracht

Irish

Etymology

From Latin symmetria ( +‎ -acht), from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría).

Noun

siméadracht f (genitive singular siméadrachta)

1. symmetry

Declension

Declension of siméadracht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative siméadracht vocative a shiméadracht genitive siméadrachta dative siméadracht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsiméadracht genitive na siméadrachta dative leis an tsiméadracht don tsiméadracht

Antonyms

• neamhshiméadracht, aisiméadracht

Derived terms

• ga-shiméadracht f (“radial symmetry”)
• lárshiméadracht f (“centrosymmetry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siméadracht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
siméadracht	shiméadracht after an, tsiméadracht	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) “siméadracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN