albaimin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).

Noun

albaimin f (genitive singular albaimine, nominative plural albaiminí)

1. (biochemistry) albumin

Declension

Declension of albaimin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative albaimin albaiminí vocative a albaimin a albaiminí genitive albaimine albaiminí dative albaimin albaiminí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an albaimin na halbaiminí genitive na halbaimine na n-albaiminí dative leis an albaimin don albaimin leis na halbaiminí

Derived terms

• albaimineach (“albuminous”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of albaimin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
albaimin	n-albaimin	halbaimin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “albaimin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “albaimin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “albaimin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024