miailin

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós, “marrow”).

Noun

miailin f (genitive singular miailine)

1. (neuroanatomy) myelin

Declension

Declension of miailin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative miailin vocative a mhiailin genitive miailine dative miailin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhiailin genitive na miailine dative leis an miailin don mhiailin

Derived terms

• dímhiailinigh

Related terms

• miailíteas

Mutation

Mutated forms of miailin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
miailin	mhiailin	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) “miailin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “miailin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025