þiemiêlj
Laefevian
Etymology
Contraction of þiemiljungêlj (“archaebacterium”), but equivalent to þiem- (“proto-”) + -êlj (agent suffix). Ousted the original term once archaea were considered to be their own domain to distance it from the originally hypernymic domain, bacteria.
Pronunciation
Noun
þiemiêlj (nominative dual þiemiêljund, nominative plural þiemiêljir)
- (microbiology) archaeon
- (taxonomy, in the plural) Archaea
Declension
Primary case declension of þiemiêlj (see Laefevian declension) | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | þiemiêlj | þiemiêljund | þiemiêljir |
accusative | þiemiêlje | þiemiêljundi | þiemiêlji |
genitive | þiemiêljau | þiemiêljundas | þiemiêljas, þiemiêljiras† |
dative | þiemiêljun | þiemiêljundon | þiemiêljirons, þiemiêljonc |
locative | þiemiêljul | þiemiêljundos | þiemiêljiross, þiemiêljosc |
instrumental | þiemiêljô | þiemiêljundêt | þiemiêljirêts, þiemiêljêtc |
Note: † archaic, s standard or formal, c colloquial or informal. |
Translations
Categories:
- Laefevian terms derived from the Proto-Laenkean root *stɯjm-
- Laefevian terms belonging to the root þiem-
- Laefevian contractions
- Laefevian terms prefixed with þiem-
- Laefevian terms suffixed with -êlj
- Laefevian lemmas
- Laefevian nouns
- lfv:Microbiology
- lfv:Biology
- lfv:Taxonomy
- lfv:Taxa
- Laefevian terms without usage examples
- Laefevian consonant-stem nouns
- Laefevian terms missing an inflection table
- Terms needing Radestrian translations
- Terms needing Riyan translations