miotóis

Irish

Etymology

From English mitosis or German Mitosis, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) (+ -óis).

Noun

miotóis f (genitive singular miotóise, nominative plural miotóisí)

1. (cytology) mitosis

Declension

Declension of miotóis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative miotóis miotóisí vocative a mhiotóis a mhiotóisí genitive miotóise miotóisí dative miotóis miotóisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhiotóis na miotóisí genitive na miotóise na miotóisí dative leis an miotóis don mhiotóis leis na miotóisí

Derived terms

• aimiotóis (“amitosis”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of miotóis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
miotóis	mhiotóis	not applicable

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