fosceall

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ sceall (“shell”).

Noun

fosceall m (genitive singular foscealla, nominative plural fosceallaí)

1. (chemistry, physics) subshell

Declension

Declension of fosceall (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fosceall fosceallaí vocative a fhosceall a fhosceallaí genitive foscealla fosceallaí dative fosceall fosceallaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fosceall na fosceallaí genitive an fhoscealla na bhfosceallaí dative leis an bhfosceall don fhosceall leis na fosceallaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fosceall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fosceall	fhosceall	bhfosceall

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

Further reading

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