blásýra
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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
| f-w1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | blásýra | blásýran |
| accusative | blásýru | blásýruna |
| dative | blásýru | blásýrunni |
| genitive | blásýru | blásýrunnar |