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

Derived terms

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
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