vacsaín
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).
Noun
editvacsaín f (genitive singular vacsaíne, nominative plural vacsaíní)
Declension
editDeclension of vacsaín
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- vacsaíneoir m (“vaccinator”)
- vacsaínigh (“vaccinate”, verb)
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vacsaín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN