Noun: ingifer
Gender: n
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | ingifer |
| Sg. Def. | ingiferið |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | ingifers |
| Sg. Def. | ingifersins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | ingiferi |
| Sg. Def. | ingiferinum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | ingifer |
| Sg. Def. | ingiferið |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ingifer
safran,
samkyn,
sjampo,
silvur,
brennivín,
fyrilit,
djóralív,
skerpikjøt,
samsvar,
gjárkvøld,
neytakjøt,
fleirtal,
krabbamein,
skarlak,
nýsilvur,
beinkrím,
gø,
alnet,
ahorn,
flesk, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)
3. Proto-Dravidian *wēr
4. Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)
5. Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.
6. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.
7. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.
8. Latin zingiberi
9. Late Latin gingiberbor.
10. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō
11. Old High German gingibero
12. Middle High German *ingiberobor.
13. Danish ingefærbor.
14. Faroese ingifer
15. Borrowed from Danish ingefær, from Middle High German *ingibero, from Old High German gingibero, from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingeber, from Latin zingiberi, from Late Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Middle Indic (compare Pali siṅgivera, Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera)) (influenced by शृङ्गं (śṛṅgaṃ, “horn”)), from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr, literally “ginger root”) (mod. Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci) வேர் (vēr)). See: Latin Nouns '
zingiberi', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ζιγγίβερις'.
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