гений

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: гении and гениј

Bulgarian

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛnij]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

ге́ний (génijm

  1. genius

Declension

[edit]

Russian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

First attested 1763. Borrowed from German Genius or directly from Latin genius. Displaced the earlier form гениуш, which was borrowed from Polish.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

ге́ний (génijm anim or m inan (genitive ге́ния, nominative plural ге́нии, genitive plural ге́ниев)

  1. (animate) a genius (someone possessing extraordinary mental capacity)
    злой ге́нийzloj génijevil genius
  2. (inanimate) genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
    Synonym: гениа́льность (geniálʹnostʹ)
  3. (animate, Roman mythology) genius, tutelary deity
  4. (animate, literary, figurative) embodiment, quintessence, spirit

Declension

[edit]
[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Yakut: гений (geniy)

See also

[edit]

Yakut

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Russian ге́ний (génij).

Noun

[edit]

гений (geniy)

  1. genius (highly intelligent person)
    See synonyms at өйдөөх (öydööq).
    Antonym: акаары (akaarı, idiot, fool)