antaigin

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

antaigin f (genitive singular antaigine, nominative plural antaiginí)

1. (immunology) antigen

Declension

Declension of antaigin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative antaigin antaiginí vocative a antaigin a antaiginí genitive antaigine antaiginí dative antaigin antaiginí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an antaigin na hantaiginí genitive na hantaigine na n-antaiginí dative leis an antaigin don antaigin leis na hantaiginí

Derived terms

• antaigineach (“antigenic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of antaigin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antaigin	n-antaigin	hantaigin	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) “antaigin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN