alainín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alanine.

Noun

alainín m (genitive singular alainín, nominative plural alainíní)

1. (biochemistry) alanine

Declension

Declension of alainín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative alainín alainíní Vocative a alainín a alainíní Genitive alainín alainíní Dative alainín alainíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alainín na halainíní Genitive an alainín na n-alainíní Dative leis an alainín don alainín leis na halainíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alainín	n-alainín	halainín	t-alainín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN