orainsear
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Scots oranger (“orange fruit”),[1] possibly from Old French oranger (“orange tree”)[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editorainsear m (genitive singular orainsear, plural orainsearan)
- orange (fruit)
Synonyms
editRelated terms
edit- orains (“orange (color)”)
- òraisteach (“related or pertaining to oranges”)
Mutation
edit| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| orainsear | n-orainsear | h-orainsear | t-orainsear |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
edit- ^ “orains” in Faclair na Gàidhlig
- ^ “oranger” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.