gingiva
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin gingiva (“gums”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gingiva (plural gingivae)
- (anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
gum — see gum
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare English chew, Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“eat”), Polish żuję (“I chew”), Persian جویدن (ǰavīdan), Pashto [script needed] (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡinˈɡiː.u̯a/, [ɡɪŋˈɡiːu̯ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒinˈd͡ʒi.va/, [d͡ʒin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːvä]
Noun[edit]
gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gingīva | gingīvae |
Genitive | gingīvae | gingīvārum |
Dative | gingīvae | gingīvīs |
Accusative | gingīvam | gingīvās |
Ablative | gingīvā | gingīvīs |
Vocative | gingīva | gingīvae |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “gingiva”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “gingiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gingiva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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