adainín

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Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ín.

Noun

adainín m (genitive singular adainín, nominative plural adainíní)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)

Declension

Declension of adainín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative adainín adainíní
vocative a adainín a adainíní
genitive adainín adainíní
dative adainín adainíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-adainín na hadainíní
genitive an adainín na n-adainíní
dative leis an adainín
don adainín 		leis na hadainíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of adainín
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adainín n-adainín hadainín not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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