Irish
Etymology
Calque of English antitoxin, from anta- (“anti-”) + tocsain (“toxin”).
Noun
antatocsain f (genitive singular antatocsaine, nominative plural antatocsainí)
- (immunology) antitoxin
- Synonym: fritocsain
Declension
Declension of antatocsain (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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antatocsain
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antatocsainí
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| vocative
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a antatocsain
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a antatocsainí
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| genitive
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antatocsaine
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antatocsainí
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| dative
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antatocsain
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antatocsainí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of antatocsain
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| antatocsain
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n-antatocsain
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hantatocsain
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not applicable
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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) “antatocsain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “antatocsain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “antatocsain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025