orainsear
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]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| orainsear | n-orainsear | h-orainsear | t-orainsear |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “orainsear” in Faclair na Gàidhlig
- ^ “oranger”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 504