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
- Entries containing “nicitín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “nicitín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.