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
singular
nominative anailín
vocative a anailín
genitive anailín
dative anailín
forms with the definite article
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, 2013–2025