amfaimiscis

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

amfaimiscis f (genitive singular amfaimiscise)

1. (biology) amphimixis (sexual reproduction)

Declension

Declension of amfaimiscis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative amfaimiscis vocative a amfaimiscis genitive amfaimiscise dative amfaimiscis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an amfaimiscis genitive na hamfaimiscise dative leis an amfaimiscis don amfaimiscis

Derived terms

• amfaimisciseach (“amphimictic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amfaimiscis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amfaimiscis	n-amfaimiscis	hamfaimiscis	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) “amfaimiscis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN