adainín
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ín.
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of adainín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adainín | n-adainín | hadainín | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “adenine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024