orainsear

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots oranger (“orange fruit”),[1] possibly from Old French oranger (“orange tree”)[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɾəɲʃaɾ/[3]

Noun

orainsear m (genitive singular orainsear, plural orainsearan)

  1. orange (fruit)

Synonyms

  • orains (“orange (color)”)
  • òraisteach (“related or pertaining to oranges”)

Mutation

Mutation of orainsear
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
orainsear n-orainsear h-orainsear t-orainsear

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “orainsear” in Faclair na Gàidhlig
  2. ^ “oranger”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 504
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