γένεσις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *génetis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Synchronically a verbal noun from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, I come into being) +‎ σις (sis).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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γένεσις (génesisf (genitive γενέσεως); third declension

  1. origin, source
  2. manner of birth
  3. creation

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: genesis
    • Catalan: gènesi (learned)
    • Dutch: genese (learned)
    • English: genesis (learned)
    • French: genèse (semi-learned)
    • Italian: genesi (learned)
    • Spanish: génesis (learned)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: genesis, genese (learned)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: genesis, genese (learned)
    • Polish: geneza (learned)
    • Turkish: genez (learned)
  • Greek: γένεση (génesi)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γίγνομαι (> DER > 5. γένε-σις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 272-3

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
  • Hyphenation: γέ‧νε‧σις

Noun

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γένεσις (génesisf (plural γενέσεις)

  1. Katharevousa form of γένεση (génesi)

Usage notes

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Declension

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As in Ancient Greek without the dual number
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