ailléileach

Irish

Etymology

ailléil (“allele”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

ailléileach (genitive singular masculine ailléiligh, genitive singular feminine ailléilí, plural ailléileacha, not comparable)

1. (genetics) allelic, allelomorphic

Declension

Declension of ailléileach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ailléileach	ailléileach	ailléileacha
Vocative	ailléiligh		ailléileacha
Genitive		ailléilí	ailléileacha	ailléileach
Dative	ailléileach	ailléileach; ailléiligh (archaic)	ailléileacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• heitrea-ailléileach (“heteroallelic”)

Mutation

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

References

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