crómasóm

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chromosome, from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Noun

crómasóm m (genitive singular crómasóim, nominative plural crómasóim)

1. (genetics) chromosome

Declension

Declension of crómasóm (first declension)

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

Derived terms

• crómasómach (“chromosomal”, adjective)
• X-chrómasóm m (“X chromosome”)
• Y-chrómasóm m (“Y chromosome”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of crómasóm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crómasóm	chrómasóm	gcrómasóm

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) “crómasóm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN