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Russian
Etymology
мышь (myšʹ, “mouse”) + -як (-jak); compare English rat poison.
Pronunciation
Noun
мышья́к • (myšʹják) m inan (genitive мышьяка́, nominative plural мышьяки́, genitive plural мышьяко́в, relational adjective мышьяко́вый)
- arsenic
- Synonym: арсе́никум (arsénikum)
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышьяк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мышьяк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 552