blasta-

See also: blasta and blåsta

Irish

Alternative forms

blastai- (before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “a germ, bud, sprout, shoot”), from βλαστάνειν (blastánein, “to bud, sprout, grow”).

Prefix

blasta-

blasto-

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_prefixed_with_blasta-'>Irish words prefixed with blasta-</a>

Terms derived from blasta-

blastaicéal m (“blastocoele”)
blastaicist f (“blastocyst”)

blastaideirm f (“blastoderm”)
blastaimír f (“blastomere”)

blastapór m (“blastopore”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blasta-	bhlasta-	mblasta-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"blasta(i)-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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