gena

See also: Gena, gêna, ĝena, genā, and genă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.

Noun

gena (plural genae)

1. (zoology) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
2. (entomology) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
3. (entomology) The part of the head below the compound eyes of Diptera, or an analagous part of the head of larvae without compound eyes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gena”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Agne, Ange, Egan, Gean, agen, gean, nega-

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Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genus (“jaw, cheek, mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Compare Welsh gen, Old Irish gin, giun, Latin gena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡenaː/

Noun

genā f

1. cheek

Declension

    declension of gena (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative genā genās Vocative genā genās Accusative genan1, genim2 genās Genitive genās1, geniās2 genanom Dative genī genābo Instrumental genia1, genī2 genābi Locative genī genābo 1 early forms, 2 late forms

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Icelandic

Noun

gena

1. indefinite genitive plural of gen

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: gè‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin gena (“cheek”).

Noun

gena f (plural gene) (obsolete, literary)

1. cheek
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, page 556, lines 61–63:

     Diffuso era per li occhi e per le gene ¶ di benigna letizia, in atto pio ¶ quale a tenero padre si conviene.

     O'erflowing was he in his eyes and cheeks with joy benign, in attitude of pity as to a tender father is becoming.

   Synonym: guancia

References

• gena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gena

1. inflection of genare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• nega

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus.

Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanwem, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.na/, [ˈɡɛnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnä]

Noun

gena f (genitive genae); first declension

1. cheek
2. eye socket
3. (rare) eye or eyelid

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gena	genae
Genitive	genae	genārum
Dative	genae	genīs
Accusative	genam	genās
Ablative	genā	genīs
Vocative	gena	genae

Synonyms

• (cheek): bucca

Descendants

• → English: gena (learned)
• Aromanian: dzeanã, dziane
• Italian: gena
• Romanian: geană

References

• “gena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• gena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• genene (neuter and masculine)

Noun

gena n or m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• genane

Noun

gena n or m

1. definite neuter plural of gen

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíngɪda.

Verb

-géna

1. to enter, to go into [with locative]

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒena]

Noun

gena f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of genă

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Swedish

Etymology

From the adjective gen (“straight, through”), from Old Swedish gen, from Old Norse gegn, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“against”).

Verb

gena (present genar, preterite genade, supine genat, imperative gena)

1. to take a short cut

Conjugation

Conjugation of gena (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gena		—
Supine	genat		—
Imperative	gena		—
Imper. plural1	genen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	genar	genade	—	—
Ind. plural1	gena	genade	—	—
Subjunctive2	gene	genade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	genande
Past participle	genad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• gen
• genväg

Anagrams

• Agne, agen, ange, egna