borago
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Etymology
Derived from Old French bourrache, from Medieval Latin borrago, perhaps from Arabic أَبُو الْعَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq, “father of roughness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
borago (uncountable, accusative boragon)
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic أَبُو الْعَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /boˈraː.ɡoː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /boˈra.ɡo/,
Noun
borāgō f (genitive borāginis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | borāgō | borāginēs |
| genitive | borāginis | borāginum |
| dative | borāginī | borāginibus |
| accusative | borāginem | borāginēs |
| ablative | borāgine | borāginibus |
| vocative | borāgō | borāginēs |
Descendants
- Italian: borragine, borraggine
- Old French: borage
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: *borragẽ
- Sicilian: vurràjina
- → Bulgarian: пореч (poreč)
- → Middle Dutch: borage
- Dutch: bernagie
- → Greek: μποράγο (borágo)
- → Polish: burak
- → Middle Low German: boragie, borraghe
- → Middle High German: boretsch, buretsch
- German: Borretsch
- → Slovak: borága