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
- 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