fuilchoirpín

Irish

Etymology

From fuil (“blood”) +‎ coirpín (“corpuscle”).

Noun

fuilchoirpín m (genitive singular fuilchoirpín, nominative plural fuilchoirpíní)

1. (hematology, cytology) blood corpuscle

Declension

Declension of fuilchoirpín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fuilchoirpín fuilchoirpíní Vocative a fhuilchoirpín a fhuilchoirpíní Genitive fuilchoirpín fuilchoirpíní Dative fuilchoirpín fuilchoirpíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fuilchoirpín na fuilchoirpíní Genitive an fhuilchoirpín na bhfuilchoirpíní Dative leis an bhfuilchoirpín don fhuilchoirpín leis na fuilchoirpíní

Synonyms

• coirpín fola

Related terms

• cill fola, fuilchill (“blood cell”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuilchoirpín	fhuilchoirpín	bhfuilchoirpín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuilchoirpín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN