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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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, 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 (“nicotine”)
• súlachas tobac (“tobacco juice”)
• tobac coganta (“chewing tobacco”)
• tobacadóir (“tobacconist”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tobac	thobac	dtobac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tobac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tobac”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024