vacsaín
Irish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from English vaccine, from Latin vaccīnus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).
Declension
    
Declension of vacsaín
Second declension
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 Forms with the definite article 
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Derived terms
    
- vacsaíneoir m (“vaccinator”)
 - vacsaínigh (“vaccinate”, verb)
 
References
    
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vacsaín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
 
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