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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
móilín mhóilín not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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