fibril

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra.[1] Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre.

Pronunciation

Noun

fibril (plural fibrils)

  1. A fine fibre or filament.
  2. (biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ “fibril, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Indonesian

Noun

fibril (first-person possessive fibrilku, second-person possessive fibrilmu, third-person possessive fibrilnya)

  1. fibril

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fibrilla, a diminutive of Latin fibra (“fibre, filament”).

Noun

fibril f (genitive singular fibrile, nominative plural fibrilí)

  1. fibril

Declension

Declension of fibril (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fibril fibrilí
vocative a fhibril a fhibrilí
genitive fibrile fibrilí
dative fibril fibrilí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhibril na fibrilí
genitive na fibrile na bhfibrilí
dative leis an bhfibril
don fhibril 		leis na fibrilí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fibril
radical lenition eclipsis
fibril fhibril bhfibril

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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