gingiva

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin gingiva (“gums”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪndʒɪvə/, /dʒɪnˈdʒaɪvə/

Noun

gingiva (plural gingivae)

1. (anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.

Translations

gum — see gum

Derived terms

• gingival
• gingivitis

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵi̯euh₁- (compare English chew, Tocharian B śuwaṃ ‘eat’, Polish żuję (“I chew”), Persian ǰavīdan, Pashto žovạl (“to bite, gnaw”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡinˈɡiː.wa/, [ɡiŋˈɡiː.wa]

Noun

gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension

1. (anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set)

Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	gingīva	gingīvae
genitive	gingīvae	gingīvārum
dative	gingīvae	gingīvīs
accusative	gingīvam	gingīvās
ablative	gingīvā	gingīvīs
vocative	gingīva	gingīvae

Descendants

• Aromanian: dzindzie
• Catalan: geniva
• English: gingiva
• French: gencive
• Friulian: gingìe
• Galician: enxiva
• Italian: gengiva

• Jèrriais: denchive
• Occitan: gengiva
• Portuguese: gengiva
• Romanian: gingie
• Sardinian: ghinghía, sénsia, benzía
• Spanish: encía