alfa-héilics

Irish

Etymology

From alfa (“alpha”) +‎ héilics (“helix”).

Noun

alfa-héilics m (genitive singular alfa-héilics)

1. (biochemistry) alpha helix

Declension

Declension of alfa-héilics (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative alfa-héilics vocative a alfa-héilics genitive alfa-héilics dative alfa-héilics forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-alfa-héilics genitive an alfa-héilics dative leis an alfa-héilics don alfa-héilics

Mutation

Mutated forms of alfa-héilics

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alfa-héilics	n-alfa-héilics	halfa-héilics	t-alfa-héilics

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) “alfa-héilics”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN