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

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	blásýra	blásýran
accusative	blásýru	blásýruna
dative	blásýru	blásýrunni
genitive	blásýru	blásýrunnar