See also: sinsear
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle English gingere, from late Old English gingifer, gingiber, from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingeber, from Latin zingiberi, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Middle Indic, from a Dravidian language, compare Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñci vēr, literally “ginger root”).
Noun
[edit]sinséar m (genitive singular sinséir)
- ginger (plant; its rhizome used as a spice)
Declension
[edit]
| |||||||||||
Derived terms
[edit]- arán sinséir m (“ginger-bread”)
- beoir shinséir f (“ginger-beer”)
- cnó sinséir m (“ginger(bread) nut”)
- leann sinséir m, uisce sinséir m (“ginger ale”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| sinséar | shinséar after an, tsinséar |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sinséar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sinséar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sinséar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Categories:
- Irish terms borrowed from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Old English
- Irish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Ginger family plants
- ga:Spices and herbs