pairseil

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • pearsal m

Etymology

From Middle Irish persille, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Noun

pairseil f

  1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “pairseil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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