geen
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Determiner
geen
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *gēn, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Compare German jener.
[edit] Adjective
geen (not comparable)
[edit] Usage notes
This word, when used at all, is usually preceded by a definite article or a demonstrative. Because of this, the uninflected form is very rare.
[edit] Declension
Declension of geen
| positive | comparative | superlative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| attributive | predicative/adverbial | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | geen | — | |||
| neuter singular |
indefinite | geen | — | ||
| definite | gene | — | — | — | |
| common singular | gene | — | — | — | |
| plural | gene | — | — | — | |
| partitive | — | — | |||
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Wiradhuri
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
Compare Gamilaraay gii and Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa kii.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
geen
[edit] References
- 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
- kīn or gīn heart
- 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
- Gin—the heart.
- 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 34
- Heart .... .... .... gêñ.
