orainsear

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɾɪɲʃɛɾ/

Noun

orainsear m (genitive singular orainsear, plural orainsearan)

  1. orange (fruit)

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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
orainsearn-orainsearh-orainseart-orainsear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “orains” in Faclair na Gàidhlig
  2. “oranger” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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