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

• dímhiailinigh

Related terms

• miailíteas

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
• “miailin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024