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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “móilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN