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ailléil

ailléil

Irish

Noun

ailléil f ‎(genitive singular ailléile, nominative plural ailléilí)

(genetics) allele

Declension

Declension of ailléil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ailléil	ailléilí
Vocative	a ailléil	a ailléilí
Genitive	ailléile	ailléilí
Dative	ailléil	ailléilí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ailléil	na hailléilí
Genitive	na hailléile	na n-ailléilí
Dative	leis an ailléil don ailléil	leis na hailléilí

Derived terms

ailléileach ‎(“allelic; allelomorphic”, adj)
ailléileapatach ‎(“allelopathic”, adj)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailléil	n-ailléil	hailléil	t-ailléil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"ailléil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.