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please put all Skt. and Tib. terms in italics and separate them with semicolons. thanks--[[User:Sébastien|Sébastien]] ([[User talk:Sébastien|talk]]) 12:51, 27 July 2016 (CEST) | please put all Skt. and Tib. terms in italics and separate them with semicolons. thanks--[[User:Sébastien|Sébastien]] ([[User talk:Sébastien|talk]]) 12:51, 27 July 2016 (CEST) | ||
Please note 'medicinal' is an adjective - if you wanted a noun it would be 'medicinal substance' - Tsondru | |||
:In fact, the Shorter OED lists 'medicinal' as a noun meaning 'a medicinal substance'. --[[User:Adam|adam]] ([[User talk:Adam|talk]]) 16:39, 31 July 2016 (CEST) | |||
Thank you all for your suggestions. I will leave it up to Adam to decide whether is should be | |||
six excellent medicinals or | |||
six excellent medicines. | |||
I think medicinals is probably closer to the meaning, since medicines are usually compounds --[[User:Hankop|Hankop]] ([[User talk:Hankop|talk]]) 16:58, 31 July 2016 (CEST) | |||
: Let's keep medicinals --[[User:Adam|adam]] ([[User talk:Adam|talk]]) 21:31, 31 July 2016 (CEST) | |||
Yes, call it whatever you like - it seems to depend on whether you're an OED user or a CED user - Ts. | |||
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please put all Skt. and Tib. terms in italics and separate them with semicolons. thanks--Sébastien (talk) 12:51, 27 July 2016 (CEST)
Please note 'medicinal' is an adjective - if you wanted a noun it would be 'medicinal substance' - Tsondru
- In fact, the Shorter OED lists 'medicinal' as a noun meaning 'a medicinal substance'. --adam (talk) 16:39, 31 July 2016 (CEST)
Thank you all for your suggestions. I will leave it up to Adam to decide whether is should be six excellent medicinals or six excellent medicines. I think medicinals is probably closer to the meaning, since medicines are usually compounds --Hankop (talk) 16:58, 31 July 2016 (CEST)
Yes, call it whatever you like - it seems to depend on whether you're an OED user or a CED user - Ts.