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Icelandic
Etymology
From blár (“blue”) + sýra (“acid”), Calque of Danish blåsyre, itself a calque of German Blausäure.
Pronunciation
Noun
blásýra f (genitive singular blásýru, no plural)
- cyanide
- Ýmsir nasistaforingjar á við Göring fyrirfóru sér með blásýru. ― Several Nazi leaders including Göring committed suicide by ingesting cyanide (potassium cyanide).
- (chemistry) hydrogen cyanide
Declension