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tobac

tobac

Irish

Alternative forms

tobaca m

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

Terms derived from tobac

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”)

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.

References

"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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.