blásýra
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From blár (“blue”) + sýra (“acid”), Calque of Danish blåsyre, itself a calque of German Blausäure.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blásýra f (genitive singular blásýru, no plural)
- cyanide
- Ýmsir nasistaforingjar á við Göring fyrirfóru sér með blásýru. ― Several Nazi leaders including Göring committed suicide by ingesting cyanide (potassium cyanide).
- (chemistry) hydrogen cyanide
Declension
[edit]Declension of blásýra (sg-only feminine, based on sýra)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | blásýra | blásýran |
| accusative | blásýru | blásýruna |
| dative | blásýru | blásýrunni |
| genitive | blásýru | blásýrunnar |