gein

See also: géin

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”) from γῆ (gê, “earth”).

Noun

gein (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) humin

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• Gien, NigE, Nige

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חן‎ (kheyn, “grace, charm”), from Hebrew חֵן‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: gein
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
• Homophone: gijn

Noun

gein m (uncountable, diminutive geintje n)

1. (informal) fun, pleasure, joke

Derived terms

• geinig
• geinponem
• ongein

Anagrams

• enig, neig

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡei̯n/, [ˈɡe̞i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ein
• Syllabification: gein

Noun

gein

1. Instructive plural form of gee.

Anagrams

• Inge

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Icelandic

Verb

gein

1. first-person singular past indicative of gína
2. third-person singular past indicative of gína

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gegn.

Adjective

gein

1. Alternative form of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gagn.

Noun

gein

1. Alternative form of gayn (“gain, reward, advantage”)

Etymology 3

From Old English ġeġn.

Preposition

gein

1. Alternative form of gain (“against”)

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genan, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲenʲ/

Noun

gein n (genitive gene, nominative plural gene)

1. verbal noun of gainithir
2. birth
3. (Christianity) the Nativity
4. someone who was born

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
	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: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gein”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Volapük

Noun

gein (nominative plural geins)

1. gin

Declension

declension of gein

	singular	plural
nominative	gein	geins
genitive	geina	geinas
dative	geine	geines
accusative	geini	geinis
vocative 1	o gein!	o geins!
predicative 2	geinu	geinus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only