anailín

Irish

Etymology

From German Anilin, from Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”).

Noun

anailín m (genitive singular anailín)

1. (organic chemistry) aniline

Declension

Declension of anailín (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anailín vocative a anailín genitive anailín dative anailín forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-anailín genitive an anailín dative leis an anailín don anailín

Mutation

Mutated forms of anailín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anailín	n-anailín	hanailín	t-anailín

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) “anailín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aniline”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024