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

Mutated forms of ailléileach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailléileach	n-ailléileach	hailléileach	not applicable

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

References

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