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: Case Singular Plural Nominative íoschuarc íoschuairc Vocative a íoschuairc a íoschuarca Genitive íoschuairc íoschuarc Dative íoschuarc íoschuairc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-íoschuarc na híoschuairc Genitive an íoschuairc na n-íoschuarc Dative leis an íoschuarc don íoschuarc leis na híoschuairc

Mutation

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

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta
• Siollabas na Fisice