fiús-sceall

Irish

Etymology

From fiús (“valence”) +‎ sceall (“shell”).

Noun

fiús-sceall m (genitive singular fiús-scealla, nominative plural fiús-sceallaí)

1. (chemistry) valence shell

Declension

Declension of fiús-sceall

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiús-sceall fiús-sceallaí Vocative a fhiús-sceall a fhiús-sceallaí Genitive fiús-scealla fiús-sceallaí Dative fiús-sceall fiús-sceallaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiús-sceall na fiús-sceallaí Genitive an fhiús-scealla na bhfiús-sceallaí Dative leis an bhfiús-sceall don fhiús-sceall leis na fiús-sceallaí

Derived terms

• teoiric éartha leictreondís an fhiús-scealla

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiús-sceall	fhiús-sceall	bhfiús-sceall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “fiús-sceall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024