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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sinséar	shinséar after an, tsinséar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sinséar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “sinséar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “sinséar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.