miailíteas

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲiəlʲiːtʲəsˠ/

Noun

miailíteas m (genitive singular miailítis)

1. (pathology) myelitis

Declension

Declension of miailíteas

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an miailíteas Genitive an mhiailítis Dative leis an miailíteas don mhiailíteas

Derived terms

• oistéimiailíteas (“osteomyelitis”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
miailíteas	mhiailíteas	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) “miailíteas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “myelitis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “miailíteas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “miailíteas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024