geni

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See also: gêni and ĝeni

Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

geni

  1. Romanization of ᬕᭂᬦᬶ

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Doublet of giny, a popular development.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni m (plural genis)

  1. jinn, genie
  2. genius (extraordinary mental capacity)
  3. genius (someone with extraordinary intelligence)
  4. (bad) temper

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Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni n (singular definite geniet, plural indefinite genier)

  1. genius, mastermind

Declension[edit]

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Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni

  1. indefinite dative singular of gen

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni

  1. plural of geno

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ɛni
  • Hyphenation: gè‧ni

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

geni m pl

  1. plural of gene

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

geni m pl

  1. plural of genio

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

geni

  1. inflection of genare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Javanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier agni, from Old Javanese agni, from Sanskrit अग्नि (agni, fire).

Noun[edit]

geni (ngoko geni, krama latu)

  1. fire

References[edit]

  • "geni" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Kwaio[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni

  1. woman

References[edit]

  • Roger M. Keesing, Kwaio Religion: The Living and the Dead in a Solomon Island Society (1982)
  • Roger M. Keesing, Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate (1988)

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

genī

  1. vocative singular of genius

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun[edit]

geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni or genier, definite plural genia or geniene)

  1. a genius

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin genius, via French génie.

Noun[edit]

geni n (definite singular geniet, indefinite plural geni, definite plural genia)

  1. a genius

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Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

-geni (declinable)

  1. strange, unusual
  2. foreign

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French génie, from Latin genius.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni n

  1. a genius
    Synonym: snille

Declension[edit]

Declension of geni 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative geni geniet genier genierna
Genitive genis geniets geniers geniernas

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Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni

  1. accusative singular of gen
  2. third-person singular possessive of gen

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Welsh geny, from Proto-Brythonic gėnjed, from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-yé-tor.

Verb[edit]

geni (impersonal singular present genir)

  1. (impersonal, usually passive) to be born
Usage notes[edit]

Normally only used in passive cael-constructions:

Cafodd hi ei geni yn Lloegr
She was born in England

Formal and literary language can also use the impersonal forms with an object:

Ganwyd hi yn Lloegr
She was born in England
(literally, “[One] bore her in England”)
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

geni m (uncountable)

  1. birth
    dyddiad genidate of birth

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
geni eni ngeni unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

geni

  1. Soft mutation of ceni.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ceni geni ngheni cheni
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.