móilín

Irish

Etymology

From mól (“mole”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix); a calque of New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin mōlēs (“a mass”).

Noun

móilín m (genitive singular móilín, nominative plural móilíní)

1. (chemistry) molecule

Declension

Declension of móilín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative móilín móilíní vocative a mhóilín a mhóilíní genitive móilín móilíní dative móilín móilíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an móilín na móilíní genitive an mhóilín na móilíní dative leis an móilín don mhóilín leis na móilíní

Derived terms

• gram-mhóilín m (“gram-molecule”)
• móilíneach (“molecular”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of móilín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
móilín	mhóilín	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) “móilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN