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 singular plural nominative ailléil ailléilí vocative a ailléil a ailléilí genitive ailléile ailléilí dative ailléil ailléilí forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of ailléil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailléil	n-ailléil	hailléil	not applicable

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

Further reading

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