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 a Dravidian language, compare Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñci vēr, literally “ginger root”).

Noun

sinséar m (genitive singular sinséir)

1. ginger (plant; its rhizome used as a spice)

Declension

Declension of sinséar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sinséar vocative a shinséir genitive sinséir dative sinséar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sinséar genitive an tsinséir dative leis an sinséar don sinséar

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

Mutated forms of sinséar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sinséar	shinséar after an, tsinséar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013-2025