vegetable (edible material derived from a plant) · vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)
çekim: çoğul vegetais
köken: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.
a vegetable · a vegetable (severely physically or mentally impaired person (unable to take care of themselves, with a dull-seeming existence))
çekim: çoğul grönsaker · tamlayan grönsaks
köken: Compound of grön (“fresh, green”) + sak (“[food] item”), as in not dried or in other ways preserved. Originally likely referring to the quality of the food (fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, etc.), later becoming the specific food type (vegetables). First attested in 1765.