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

References
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