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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anailín Vocative a anailín Genitive anailín Dative anailín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-anailín Genitive an anailín Dative leis an anailín don anailín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anailín	n-anailín	hanailín	t-anailín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anailín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aniline”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024