fótaichill

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- (“photo-”) +‎ cill (“cell”).

Noun

fótaichill f (genitive singular fótaichille, nominative plural fótaichealla)

1. photoelectric cell

Declension

Declension of fótaichill (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fótaichill fótaichealla vocative a fhótaichill a fhótaichealla genitive fótaichille fótaicheall dative fótaichill fótaichealla forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhótaichill na fótaichealla genitive na fótaichille na bhfótaicheall dative leis an bhfótaichill don fhótaichill leis na fótaichealla

Mutation

Mutated forms of fótaichill

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fótaichill	fhótaichill	bhfótaichill

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) “fótaichill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fótaichill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024