arsanaic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English arsenic, from Middle English arsenik, from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic, from Middle Iranian *zarnīk, from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃i.

Noun

arsanaic f (genitive singular arsanaice)

  1. arsenic

Declension
Declension of arsanaic

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative a Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Genitive arsanaice
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Genitive na harsanaice
Dative leis an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

don Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “arsanaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “arsenic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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