orainsear
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Scots oranger (“orange fruit”),[1] possibly from Old French oranger (“orange tree”)[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]orainsear m (genitive singular orainsear, plural orainsearan)
- orange (fruit)
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- orains (“orange (color)”)
- òraisteach (“related or pertaining to oranges”)
Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| orainsear | n-orainsear | h-orainsear | t-orainsear |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ “orains” in Faclair na Gàidhlig
- ^ “oranger” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.