gén
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Gen, from English gene, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”). Coined by the Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in 1909.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
gén (plural gének)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gén | gének |
accusative | gént | géneket |
dative | génnek | géneknek |
instrumental | génnel | génekkel |
causal-final | génért | génekért |
translative | génné | génekké |
terminative | génig | génekig |
essive-formal | génként | génekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | génben | génekben |
superessive | génen | géneken |
adessive | génnél | géneknél |
illative | génbe | génekbe |
sublative | génre | génekre |
allative | génhez | génekhez |
elative | génből | génekből |
delative | génről | génekről |
ablative | géntől | génektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
géné | géneké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
généi | génekéi |
Possessive forms of gén | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | génem | génjeim |
2nd person sing. | géned | génjeid |
3rd person sing. | génje | génjei |
1st person plural | génünk | génjeink |
2nd person plural | génetek | génjeitek |
3rd person plural | génjük | génjeik |
References
- ^ gén in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)