tobac

See also: Tobac

Irish

Alternative forms

• tobaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠak/

Noun

tobac m (genitive singular tobac)

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of tobac

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tobac Vocative a thobac Genitive tobac Dative tobac

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tobac Genitive an tobac Dative leis an tobac don tobac

Derived terms

• caiteoir tobac (“smoker”)
• caitheamh tobac (“tobacco-smoking”)
• carráiste tobac (“smoking-carriage, smoking-compartment”)
• cnámhóg thobac (“dottle”)
• gríodán tobac (“dottle”)
• ocras tobac (“craving for tobacco”)
• píopa tobac (“tobacco-pipe; pipeful of tobacco”)
• siopa tobac (“tobacconist's shop”)
• spaga tobac (“tobacco-pouch”)
• sú tobac (“tobacco water”)
• súlachas tobac (“tobacco juice”)
• tobac coganta (“chewing tobacco”)
• tobacadóir (“tobacconist”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tobac	thobac	dtobac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tobac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
• Entries containing “tobac” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tobac” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.