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 Median *zaraniyakā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

Noun

arsanaic f (genitive singular arsanaice)

  1. arsenic

Declension

Declension of arsanaic (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative arsanaic
vocative a arsanaic
genitive arsanaice
dative arsanaic
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an arsanaic
genitive na harsanaice
dative leis an arsanaic
don arsanaic

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of arsanaic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arsanaic n-arsanaic harsanaic 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) “arsanaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “arsenic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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