móilíneach
Irish
Etymology
From móilín (“molecule”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
móilíneach (genitive singular masculine móilínigh, genitive singular feminine móilíní, plural móilíneacha, not comparable)
- (chemistry) molecular
Declension
Declension of móilíneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | móilíneach | mhóilíneach | móilíneacha; mhóilíneacha² | |
| Vocative | mhóilínigh | móilíneacha | ||
| Genitive | móilíní | móilíneacha | móilíneach | |
| Dative | móilíneach; mhóilíneach¹ | mhóilíneach; mhóilínigh (archaic) | móilíneacha; mhóilíneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos móilíní | |||
| Superlative | is móilíní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- gram-mhóilíneach (“gram-molecular”, adjective)
- toirt mhóilíneach f (“molecular volume”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| móilíneach | mhóilíneach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "móilíneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.