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

Mutated forms of adainín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adainín	n-adainín	hadainín	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adenine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025