íoschuarc

Irish

Etymology

íos- +‎ cuarc (“quark”)

Noun

íoschuarc m (genitive singular íoschuairc, nominative plural íoschuairc)

1. (physics) down quark
   • 2006, Coimisiún na Scrúduithe Stáit, Scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta:

     Is méasóin iad pióin a dhéantar as uaschuairc agus as íoschuairc, agus a gcuid frithchuarc.

     Pions are mesons made of up quarks and down quarks and their antiquarks.

Declension

Declension of íoschuarc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative íoschuarc íoschuairc vocative a íoschuairc a íoschuarca genitive íoschuairc íoschuarc dative íoschuarc íoschuairc forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-íoschuarc na híoschuairc genitive an íoschuairc na n-íoschuarc dative leis an íoschuarc don íoschuarc leis na híoschuairc

Mutation

Mutated forms of íoschuarc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íoschuarc	n-íoschuarc	híoschuarc	t-íoschuarc

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

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta
• Siollabas na Fisice