tobac

Irish

Alternative forms

tobaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠak/

Noun

tobac m (genitive singular tobac)

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

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”)
súlachas tobac (“tobacco juice”)

sú tobac (“nicotine”)
tobacadóir (“tobacconist”)
tobac coganta (“chewing tobacco”)

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

"tobac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“tobac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“tobac” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Entries containing “tobac” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tobac” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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