nigella

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

• IPA^(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

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.

• (flower): love-in-a-mist
• (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji

• nigelline
• nigellone

• nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• galline, gallein, liangle, Gallien, Langlie, Gillean

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

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

nigella f (plural nigelle)

1. nigella

• agnelli, galline, gellani

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɪˈɡɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [niˈd͡ʒɛl.la]

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

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

1. Nigella sativa (plant)

nigella

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

nigellā

1. ablative feminine singular of nigellus