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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fo-aonad	fho-aonad	bhfo-aonad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “subunit”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024