alainín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alanine.

Noun

alainín m (genitive singular alainín, nominative plural alainíní)

1. (biochemistry) alanine

Declension

Declension of alainín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alainín alainíní vocative a alainín a alainíní genitive alainín alainíní dative alainín alainíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-alainín na halainíní genitive an alainín na n-alainíní dative leis an alainín don alainín leis na halainíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of alainín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alainín	n-alainín	halainín	t-alainín

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) “alainín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN