secale

See also: Secale

Interlingue

Noun

secale

rye

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly connected to secare, infinitive of seco (“I cut”).

Noun

secāle n (genitive secālis); third declension

rye, a kind of grain

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	secāle	secāla
Genitive	secālis	secālum
Dative	secālī	secālibus
Accusative	secāle	secāla
Ablative	secāle	secālibus
Vocative	secāle	secāla

Descendants

Aromanian: sicarã
Catalan: sègol
English: triticale (in part)
Franco-Provençal: sègla
French: seigle
Friulian: siale
Greek: σίκαλη (síkali)
Italian: segale, segala

Occitan: segal
Old Irish: secal
- Irish: seagal
- Scottish Gaelic: seagal
Romanian: secară
Sicilian: sègala
Venetian: siala, segala, segała
Walloon: swele

References

secale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
secale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
secale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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