nicitín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nicotine, a borrowing from French, named after Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who sent tobacco seeds back to France in 1561.

Noun

nicitín m (genitive singular nicitín)

  1. (chemistry) nicotine
    Synonym: sú tobac

Declension
Declension of nicitín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative nicitín
Vocative a nicitín
Genitive nicitín
Dative nicitín

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an nicitín
Genitive an nicitín
Dative leis an nicitín

don nicitín

Derived terms
  • guma nicitín (“nicotine gum”)
  • nicitíneacht (“nicotinism”)
  • nimhiú nicitín (“nicotine poisoning”)
  • paiste nicitín (“nicotine patch”)

Further reading
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