fo-aonad

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Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ aonad (“unit”).

Noun

fo-aonad m (genitive singular fo-aonaid, nominative plural fo-aonaid)

  1. (biochemistry, etc.) subunit

Declension

Declension of fo-aonad (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fo-aonad fo-aonaid
vocative a fho-aonaid a fho-aonada
genitive fo-aonaid fo-aonad
dative fo-aonad fo-aonaid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fo-aonad na fo-aonaid
genitive an fho-aonaid na bhfo-aonad
dative leis an bhfo-aonad
don fho-aonad 		leis na fo-aonaid

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-aonad
radical lenition eclipsis
fo-aonad fho-aonad bhfo-aonad

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

References

  • “subunit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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