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See also: géin
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”) from γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Noun[edit]
gein (uncountable)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 gein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Yiddish חן (kheyn, “grace, charm”), from Hebrew חֵן.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gein m (uncountable, diminutive geintje n)
Derived terms[edit]
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gein
- Instructive plural form of gee.
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Verb[edit]
gein
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gein
- Alternative form of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
gein
- Alternative form of gayn (“gain, reward, advantage”)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old English ġeġn.
Preposition[edit]
gein
- Alternative form of gain (“against”)
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *genan, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gein n (genitive gene, nominative plural gene)
- verbal noun of gainithir
- birth
- (Christianity) the Nativity
- someone who was born
Inflection[edit]
Neuter n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | geinN | geinN | geinenL |
Vocative | geinN | geinN | geinenL |
Accusative | geinN | geinN | geinenL |
Genitive | geine | geinenN | geinenN |
Dative | geinimL | geinenaib | geinenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gein | gein pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngein |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gein”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) , “*gan-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 150-151
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
gein (nominative plural geins)
Declension[edit]
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