fibril

English

Noun

fibril (plural fibrils)

A fine fibre or filament
(biology) Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants

Derived terms

Translations

fine fibre or filament

Dutch: fibril

French: fibrille (fr) f

fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants

French: fibrille (fr) f

Greek: ινίδιο (el) n (inídio)

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fibrilla, a diminutive of Latin fibra (“fibre, filament”).

Noun

fibril f (genitive singular fibrile, nominative plural fibrilí)

fibril

Declension

Declension of fibril

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fibril	fibrilí
Vocative	a fhibril	a fhibrilí
Genitive	fibrile	fibrilí
Dative	fibril	fibrilí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhibril	na fibrilí
Genitive	na fibrile	na bhfibrilí
Dative	leis an bhfibril don fhibril	leis na fibrilí

Derived terms

dífhibriliú (“defibrillation”)
dífhibrileoir (“defibrillator”)
néaraifibril

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fibril	fhibril	bhfibril
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"fibril" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“fibril” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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