þiemiêlj

Laefevian

Etymology

Contraction of þienljungêlj (“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

  • IPA(key): /θiemiɛʎ/ [ˈθiemi̯ɛʎ̥]
  • Rhymes: -iemiɛʎ, -ɛʎ (6)
  • Hyphenation: þi·e·mi·êlj

Noun

þiemiêlj (nominative dual þiemiêljund, nominative plural þiemiêljir)

  1. (microbiology) archaeon
  2. (taxonomy, in the plural) Archaea (domain)

Declension

Translations

archaeon
Archaea