vacsaín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).

Noun

vacsaín f (genitive singular vacsaíne, nominative plural vacsaíní)

1. (immunology) vaccine

Declension

Declension of vacsaín (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative vacsaín vacsaíní vocative a vacsaín a vacsaíní genitive vacsaíne vacsaíní dative vacsaín vacsaíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an vacsaín na vacsaíní genitive na vacsaíne na vacsaíní dative leis an vacsaín don vacsaín leis na vacsaíní

Derived terms

• vacsaíneoir m (“vaccinator”)
• vacsaínigh (“vaccinate”, verb)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vacsaín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN