nicitín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nicotine, a borrowing from French, named after Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561.

Noun

nicitín m (genitive singular nicitín)

  1. (chemistry) nicotine

Declension

Declension of nicitín (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative nicitín
vocative a nicitín
genitive nicitín
dative nicitín
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an nicitín
genitive an nicitín
dative leis an nicitín
don nicitín

Derived terms

  • guma nicitín (“nicotine gum”)
  • nicitíneacht (“nicotinism”)
  • nimhiú nicitín (“nicotine poisoning”)
  • paiste nicitín (“nicotine patch”)

Further reading

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