ingifer
Faroese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Danish ingefær, from Middle High German *ingibero, from Old High German gingibero, from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingeber, from Latin zingiberi, from Late Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Middle Indic (compare Pali siṅgivera, Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera)) (influenced by शृङ्गं (śṛṅgaṃ, “horn”)), from Old Tamil [script needed] (iṅci) [script needed] (vēr, literally “ginger root”) (mod. Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci) வேர் (vēr)).
Noun
editingifer n (genitive singular ingifers, uncountable)
Declension
edit| Declension of ingifer (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n3s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ingifer | ingiferið |
| accusative | ingifer | ingiferið |
| dative | ingiferi | ingiferinum |
| genitive | ingifers | ingifersins |
Middle Norwegian
editNoun
editingifer
Descendants
editCategories:
- Faroese terms borrowed from Danish
- Faroese terms derived from Danish
- Faroese terms derived from Middle High German
- Faroese terms derived from Old High German
- Faroese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Old Tamil
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Faroese uncountable nouns
- Middle Norwegian lemmas
- Middle Norwegian nouns