beinséin

Irish

Alternative forms

• beinsín

Etymology

Borrowed from English benzene.

Noun

beinséin f (genitive singular beinséine)

1. (organic chemistry) benzene

Declension

Declension of beinséin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative beinséin Vocative a bheinséin Genitive beinséine Dative beinséin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bheinséin Genitive na beinséine Dative leis an mbeinséin don bheinséin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beinséin	bheinséin	mbeinséin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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