miailin

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

miailin f (genitive singular miailine)

  1. (neuroanatomy) myelin

Declension
Declension of miailin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “miailin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “miailin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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