ген

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Carpathian Rusyn[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ген (hen)

  1. there
    Нїґда єм ген не быв.
    Njigda jem hen ne bŷv.
    I have never been there.
  2. thither

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Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic گەن
Cyrillic ген
Latin gen
Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian ген (gen), from Danish gen, from German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, generation, descent).

Noun[edit]

ген (gen)

  1. (biology) gene

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Macedonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛn]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

ген (genm (relational adjective генетски)

  1. gene

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Russian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ген (genm inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ны, genitive plural ге́нов, relational adjective ге́нный)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գեն (gen)
  • Kazakh: ген (gen)

Ukrainian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Polish hen, from Proto-Slavic (possibly *һеnъ, *heno[1] or *eno[2]).

Adverb[edit]

ген (hen)

  1. (colloquial) far away, over yonder
    Synonyms: дале́ко (daléko), он (on), он там (on tam)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Gen, coined by Danish scientist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γένος (génos).

Noun[edit]

ген (henm inan (genitive ге́на, nominative plural ге́ни, genitive plural ге́нів, relational adjective ге́нний)

  1. (genetics) gene (unit of heredity)
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ген”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ hen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

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