realgar

realgar

See also: Realgar and réalgar

English

Realgar

Alternative forms

• rosaker
• resalgar, resegall, resegallum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English realgar, from Medieval Latin realgar, resalgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار‎ (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑː/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈæl.ɡɑɹ/, /ɹiˈæl.ɡɚ/

Noun

realgar (usually uncountable, plural realgars)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.

Derived terms

• pararealgar

Translations

mineral

Arabic: رَهَج اَلْغَار‎ m (rahaj al-ḡār) Armenian: ռեալգար (hy) (ṙealgar) Middle Armenian: ջնարակ (ǰnarak) Bengali: মনঃশিলা (mônḥśila), মনছাল (mônôchal) Chinese: Mandarin: 雄黃／雄黄 (zh) (xiónghuáng) Finnish: realgaari Galician: rosalgar m German: Realgar n, Rubinschwefel m, rotes Schwefelarsenik n, rote Arsenblende f, Rauschrot n Greek: Ancient: σανδαράκη f (sandarákē) Gujarati: મનશિલ (manśil) Hindi: मैनसिल (hi) (mainsil) Italian: realgar m Japanese: 鶏冠石 (けいかんせき, keikanseki) Latin: risigallum n, rissigallum n Manchu: ᠠᠮᡳᡥᡡᠨ (amihūn) Oriya: ମନଛାଲ (or) (mônôchalô) Russian: реальга́р (ru) m (realʹgár) Sanskrit: मनःशिला (sa) (manaḥśilā) Spanish: rejalgar m Swedish: realgar Tagalog: batikos Tamil: மனோசிலை (ta) (maṉōcilai)

See also

• orpiment
• cinnabar

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Realgar”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “realgar”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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Latin

Etymology

From Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار‎ (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).

Noun

realgar n (genitive realgāris); third declension

1. realgar (arsenic disulfide)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	realgar	realgāria
Genitive	realgāris	realgārium
Dative	realgārī	realgāribus
Accusative	realgar	realgāria
Ablative	realgārī	realgāribus
Vocative	realgar	realgāria

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “realgar”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101

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Romanian

Etymology

From French réalgar.

Noun

realgar n (uncountable)

1. realgar

Declension

declension of realgar (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) realgar	realgarul
genitive/dative	(unui) realgar	realgarului
vocative	realgarule