albaimin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).

Noun

albaimin f (genitive singular albaimine, nominative plural albaiminí)

1. (biochemistry) albumin

Declension

Declension of albaimin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative albaimin albaiminí Vocative a albaimin a albaiminí Genitive albaimine albaiminí Dative albaimin albaiminí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an albaimin na halbaiminí Genitive na halbaimine na n-albaiminí Dative leis an albaimin don albaimin leis na halbaiminí

Derived terms

• albaimineach (“albuminous”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “albaimin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “albaimin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “albaimin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024