blásýra

Icelandic

Etymology

From blár (“blue”) +‎ sýra (“acid”), Calque of Danish blåsyre, itself a calque of German Blausäure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplauːsiːra/

Noun

blásýra f (genitive singular blásýru, no plural)

  1. cyanide
    Ýmsir nasistaforingjar á við Göring fyrirfóru sér með blásýru. ― Several Nazi leaders including Göring committed suicide by ingesting cyanide (potassium cyanide).
  2. (chemistry) hydrogen cyanide

Declension

Declension of blásýra (sg-only feminine, based on sýra)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative blásýra blásýran
accusative blásýru blásýruna
dative blásýru blásýrunni
genitive blásýru blásýrunnar
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