fo-aonad

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ aonad (“unit”).

Noun

fo-aonad m (genitive singular fo-aonaid, nominative plural fo-aonaid)

1. (biochemistry, etc.) subunit

Declension

Declension of fo-aonad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fo-aonad fo-aonaid vocative a fho-aonaid a fho-aonada genitive fo-aonaid fo-aonad dative fo-aonad fo-aonaid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fo-aonad na fo-aonaid genitive an fho-aonaid na bhfo-aonad dative leis an bhfo-aonad don fho-aonad leis na fo-aonaid

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-aonad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-aonad	fho-aonad	bhfo-aonad

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

References

• “subunit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025