antraicéin

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) + -éin (“-ene”).

Noun

antraicéin f (genitive singular antraicéine)

1. (organic chemistry) anthracene

Declension

Declension of antraicéin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative antraicéin vocative a antraicéin genitive antraicéine dative antraicéin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an antraicéin genitive na hantraicéine dative leis an antraicéin don antraicéin

Mutation

Mutated forms of antraicéin

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