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Irish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ín.
Noun
adainín m (genitive singular adainín, nominative plural adainíní)
- (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| adainín
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n-adainín
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hadainín
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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