tobac

See also: Tobac

Irish

Alternative forms

• tobaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠak/

Noun

tobac m (genitive singular tobac)

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of tobac (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tobac vocative a thobac genitive tobac dative tobac forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tobac genitive an tobac dative leis an tobac don tobac

Derived terms

• caiteoir tobac (“smoker”)
• caitheamh tobac (“tobacco-smoking”)
• carráiste tobac (“smoking-carriage, smoking-compartment”)
• cnámhóg thobac (“dottle”)
• gríodán tobac (“dottle”)
• ocras tobac (“craving for tobacco”)
• píopa tobac (“tobacco-pipe; pipeful of tobacco”)
• siopa tobac (“tobacconist's shop”)
• spaga tobac (“tobacco-pouch”)
• sú tobac (“tobacco water”)
• súlachas tobac (“tobacco juice”)
• tobac coganta (“chewing tobacco”)
• tobacadóir (“tobacconist”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of tobac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tobac	thobac	dtobac

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) “tobac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tobac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tobac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tobac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024