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, 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

• arsanach (“arsenical”, adjective)
• arsanúil (“arsenious”, adjective)

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