antatocsain

Irish

Etymology

Calque of English antitoxin, from anta- (“anti-”) +‎ tocsain (“toxin”).

Noun

antatocsain f (genitive singular antatocsaine, nominative plural antatocsainí)

1. (immunology) antitoxin

   Synonym: fritocsain

Declension

Declension of antatocsain (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative antatocsain antatocsainí vocative a antatocsain a antatocsainí genitive antatocsaine antatocsainí dative antatocsain antatocsainí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an antatocsain na hantatocsainí genitive na hantatocsaine na n-antatocsainí dative leis an antatocsain don antatocsain leis na hantatocsainí

Mutation

Mutated forms of antatocsain

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antatocsain	n-antatocsain	hantatocsain	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “antatocsain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “antatocsain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “antatocsain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025