aimnín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

aimnín m (genitive singular aimnín, nominative plural aimníní)

1. (anatomy) amnion

Declension

Declension of aimnín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aimnín aimníní vocative a aimnín a aimníní genitive aimnín aimníní dative aimnín aimníní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aimnín na haimníní genitive an aimnín na n-aimníní dative leis an aimnín don aimnín leis na haimníní

Derived terms

• aimníneach (“amniotic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimnín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimnín	n-aimnín	haimnín	not applicable

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

References

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