crómasóm

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chromosome, from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Noun

crómasóm m (genitive singular crómasóim, nominative plural crómasóim)

  1. (genetics) chromosome

Declension

Declension of crómasóm (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative crómasóm crómasóim
vocative a chrómasóim a chrómasóma
genitive crómasóim crómasóm
dative crómasóm crómasóim
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an crómasóm na crómasóim
genitive an chrómasóim na gcrómasóm
dative leis an gcrómasóm
don chrómasóm 		leis na crómasóim

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of crómasóm
radical lenition eclipsis
crómasóm chrómasóm gcrómasóm

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

References

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