vitrial

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Latin vitriolum (“sulphuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”).

Noun

vitrial m (genitive singular vitriail)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) vitriol

Declension

Declension of vitrial (first declension, no plural)

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

Derived terms

• vitrial geal (“white vitriol”)
• vitrial glas (“green vitriol”)
• vitrial gorm (“blue vitriol”)

Further reading

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