nicitín
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]nicitín m (genitive singular nicitín)
Declension
[edit]Declension of nicitín
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- guma nicitín (“nicotine gum”)
- nicitíneacht (“nicotinism”)
- nimhiú nicitín (“nicotine poisoning”)
- paiste nicitín (“nicotine patch”)
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nicitín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “nicitín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “nicitín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024