Y-chrómasóm

Irish

Alternative forms

• Y-chrómosóm

Etymology

Calque of English Y chromosome.

Noun

Y-chrómasóm m (genitive singular Y-chrómasóim, nominative plural Y-chrómasóim)

1. (genetics) Y chromosome

Declension

Declension of Y-chrómasóm (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Y-chrómasóm Y-chrómasóim vocative a Y-chrómasóim a Y-chrómasóma genitive Y-chrómasóim Y-chrómasóm dative Y-chrómasóm Y-chrómasóim forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Y-chrómasóm na Y-chrómasóim genitive an Y-chrómasóim na Y-chrómasóm dative leis an Y-chrómasóm don Y-chrómasóm leis na Y-chrómasóim

Related terms

• X-chrómasóm m (“X chromosome”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Y-chrómosóm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Y-chromosome”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024