íoschuarc

Irish

Etymology

íos- +‎ cuarc (quark)

Noun

íoschuarc m (genitive singular íoschuairc, nominative plural íoschuairc)

  1. (physics) down quark
    • 2006, Coimisiún na Scrúduithe Stáit, Scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta:
      Is méasóin iad pióin a dhéantar as uaschuairc agus as íoschuairc, agus a gcuid frithchuarc.
      Pions are mesons made of up quarks and down quarks and their antiquarks.

Declension

Declension of íoschuarc (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative íoschuarc íoschuairc
vocative a íoschuairc a íoschuarca
genitive íoschuairc íoschuarc
dative íoschuarc íoschuairc
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-íoschuarc na híoschuairc
genitive an íoschuairc na n-íoschuarc
dative leis an íoschuarc
don íoschuarc
leis na híoschuairc

Mutation

Mutated forms of íoschuarc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
íoschuarc n-íoschuarc híoschuarc t-íoschuarc

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

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