stellai

Radestrian

Etymology

Clipping of stellýai (“archaebacterium”). 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): /ˈstɛllai/ [ˈstɛlːai]
• Rhyme: -ɛllai
• Syllabification: stel–lai

Noun

stellai inan (countable, genitive singular stellaisk, nominative plural stellaire, compound form stellai-, relational adjective stellaiș)

1. (microbiology) archaeon

Declension

Declension of stellai (light)
		singular	plural
nominative		stellai /ˈstɛllai/	stellaire /stɛlˈlairɛ/
vocative		stellaise /stɛlˈlaisɛ/
genitive	proper	stellaisk /ˈstɛllaisk/	stellairis /stɛlˈlairis/
	constructive		stellais /ˈstɛllais/
dative		stellain /ˈstɛllain/	stellairín /stɛlˈlairiːn/
accusative		stellaist /ˈstɛllaist/	stellairid /stɛlˈlairid/
instrumental		stellaivúr /stɛlˈlaivuːr/	stellairíe /stɛlˈlairiːɛ/

Derived terms

• Stellojans (“Archaea”)

Translations

archaeon

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