gingiva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gingiva (“gums”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪndʒɪvə/, /dʒɪnˈdʒaɪvə/

Noun

gingiva (plural gingivae)

(anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.

Derived terms

Translations

gum — see gum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare English chew, Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“eat”), Polish żuję (“I chew”), Persian ‎ (ǰavīdan), Pashto [script needed] (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡinˈɡiː.wa/, [ɡɪŋˈɡiː.wa]

Noun

gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension

(anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set)

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gingīva	gingīvae
Genitive	gingīvae	gingīvārum
Dative	gingīvae	gingīvīs
Accusative	gingīvam	gingīvās
Ablative	gingīvā	gingīvīs
Vocative	gingīva	gingīvae

Descendants

Aragonese: cheniva
Aromanian: dzindzii, dzindzie
Asturian: enxiva, xenxiva
Catalan: geniva
→ English: gingiva
Extremaduran: gengiva
Franco-Provençal: gengiva
French: gencive
Friulian: zinzie, gingìe
Galician: enxiva
Italian: gengiva

Norman: denchive
Occitan: gengiva
Portuguese: gengiva
Romanian: gingie
Sardinian: ghinghía, sénsia, benzía
Sicilian: gingili, cincili, zinzìa
Spanish: encía
Venetian: zinzìva, zenzìva, xenxìva

References

gingiva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
gingiva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
gingiva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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