ailléil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English allele, from German Allel.

Noun

ailléil f (genitive singular ailléile, nominative plural ailléilí)

1. (genetics) allele

Declension

Declension of ailléil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ailléil ailléilí Vocative a ailléil a ailléilí Genitive ailléile ailléilí Dative ailléil ailléilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ailléil na hailléilí Genitive na hailléile na n-ailléilí Dative leis an ailléil don ailléil leis na hailléilí

Derived terms

• ailléileach (“allelic; allelomorphic”, adjective)
• ailléileapatach (“allelopathic”, adjective)
• heitrea-ailléileach (“heteroallelic”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailléil	n-ailléil	hailléil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailléil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN