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nigella

See also: Nigella

English

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Nigella

Etymology

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From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella. Doublet of nielle.

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nigella (countable and uncountable, plural nigellas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.
  2. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.

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Nigella seed

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Etymology

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From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella, from the feminine of Latin nigellus. Cf. also niello.

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  • IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: ni‧gèl‧la

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nigella f (plural nigelle)

  1. nigella

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Substantivization of the feminine of nigellus (“blackish”). Attested ca. 400 CE.[1]

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nigella f (genitive nigellae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. Nigella sativa (plant)
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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭgĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 128

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Adjective

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nigella

  1. inflection of nigellus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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nigellā

  1. ablative feminine singular of nigellus
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