sinséar
See also: sinsear
Irish
Etymology
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 Old Tamil இந்சி வேர் (iṅci vēr, literally “ginger root”).
Noun
sinséar m (genitive singular sinséir)
- ginger (plant; its rhizome used as a spice)
Declension
Declension of sinséar
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- 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
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sinséar | shinséar after an, tsinséar |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- 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, 2013-2024
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 terms derived from Old Tamil
- Old Tamil terms in nonstandard scripts
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Plants
- ga:Spices and herbs