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.