adainín

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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “adenine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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