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 arsanaic
Vocative a arsanaic
Genitive arsanaice
Dative arsanaic

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an arsanaic
Genitive na harsanaice
Dative leis an arsanaic

don arsanaic

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
arsanaic n-arsanaic harsanaic 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) “arsanaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “arsenic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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