English

Noun

gingiva ‎(plural gingivae)

1. (anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.

Translations

Derived terms

• gingival
• gingivitis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare English chew, Tocharian B śuwaṃ ‎(“eat”), Polish żuję ‎(“I chew”), Persian جویدن ‎(ǰavīdan), Pashto [script needed] ‎(žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡinˈɡiː.wa/, [ɡɪŋˈɡiː.wa]

Noun

gingīva f ‎(genitive gingīvae); first declension

1. (anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set)

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• gingiva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gingiva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gingiva”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.