realgar

See also: Realgar and réalgar

English

Realgar

Alternative forms

• rosaker
• resalgar, resegall, resegallum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English realgar, from Medieval Latin realgar, resalgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑː/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑɹ/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡɚ/

Noun

realgar (usually uncountable, plural realgars)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.

Derived terms

• pararealgar
• realgar wine

Translations

mineral

• Arabic: رَهَج اَلْغَار m (rahaj al-ḡār)
• Armenian: ռեալգար (hy) (ṙealgar)

  Middle Armenian: ջնարակ (ǰnarak)

• Bengali: মনঃশিলা (bn) (monoḥśila), মনছাল (bn) (monchal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雄黃／雄黄 (zh) (xiónghuáng)

• Finnish: realgaari
• French: réalgar (fr) m
• Galician: rosalgar m
• German: Realgar n, Rubinschwefel m, rotes Schwefelarsenik n, rote Arsenblende f, Rauschrot n
• Greek:

  Ancient: σανδαράκη f (sandarákē)

• Gujarati: મનશિલ (manśil)
• Hindi: मैनसिल (hi) (mainsil)
• Italian: realgar m
• Japanese: 鶏冠石 (けいかんせき, keikanseki)
• Latin: risigallum n, rissigallum n
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᡳᡥᡡᠨ (amihūn)
• Odia: ମନଛାଲ (or) (manachāla)
• Polish: realgar (pl) m
• Punjabi: ਮੈਨਸਿਲ m (mainsil)
• Russian: реальга́р (ru) m (realʹgár)
• Sanskrit: मनःशिला (sa) (manaḥśilā)
• Slovak: realgár m
• Spanish: rejalgar m
• Swedish: realgar
• Tagalog: batikos
• Tamil: மனோசிலை (ta) (maṉōcilai)

See also

• orpiment
• cinnabar

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Realgar”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “realgar”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Latin

Etymology

From Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).

Noun

realgar n (genitive realgāris); third declension

1. realgar (arsenic disulfide)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	realgar	realgāria
Genitive	realgāris	realgārium
Dative	realgārī	realgāribus
Accusative	realgar	realgāria
Ablative	realgārī	realgāribus
Vocative	realgar	realgāria

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “realgar”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Polish

realgar

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin realgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈal.ɡar/
• Rhymes: -alɡar
• Syllabification: re‧al‧gar

Noun

realgar m inan

1. (mineralogy) realgar

Declension

Declension of realgar

	singular	plural
nominative	realgar	realgary
genitive	realgaru	realgarów
dative	realgarowi	realgarom
accusative	realgar	realgary
instrumental	realgarem	realgarami
locative	realgarze	realgarach
vocative	realgarze	realgary

Further reading

• realgar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• realgar in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réalgar.

Noun

realgar n (uncountable)

1. realgar

Declension

declension of realgar (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) realgar	realgarul
genitive/dative	(unui) realgar	realgarului
vocative	realgarule