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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative arsanaic Vocative a arsanaic Genitive arsanaice Dative arsanaic

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an arsanaic Genitive na harsanaice Dative leis an arsanaic don arsanaic

Derived terms

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

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arsanaic	n-arsanaic	harsanaic	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arsanaic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “arsenic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024