Nigella
See also: nigella
Translingual
Proper noun
Nigella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants, including black cumin, with distinctive finely divided leaves, the nigella.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Nigelleae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Nigella sect. Erobatos, Nigella sect. Nigella, Nigella sect. Nigellastrum - sections
- Nigella arvensis - type species; Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist), Nigella elata, Nigella fumariifolia, Nigella glandulifera, Nigella hispanica, Nigella lancifolia, Nigella orientalis, Nigella oxypetala, Nigella sativa (black cumin), Nigella segetalis, Nigella stellaris, Nigella turcica - other species
References
- Nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Proper noun
Nigella
- (rare) A female given name from English.
- 2005, Renee W. Campoy, Case Study Analysis in the Classroom, SAGE, →ISBN, page 165:
- Sarah asked if Nigella's momma was a poet because she certainly had a lyrical ear for a name.
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈɡel.la/, [nɪˈɡɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒel.la/, [niˈd͡ʒɛlːä]
Proper noun
Nigella m sg (genitive Nigellae); first declension
- A river of Gallia Cisalpina mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nigella |
Genitive | Nigellae |
Dative | Nigellae |
Accusative | Nigellam |
Ablative | Nigellā |
Vocative | Nigella |
References
- Nigella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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