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genta

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English

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Noun

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genta

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Gentamicin.

Anagrams

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Faroese

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Ingálvur av Reyni: Genta (girl), 1986, 80x65 cm

Etymology

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From Old Norse genta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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genta f (genitive singular gentu, plural gentur)

  1. girl
  2. young woman
  3. maid
  4. daughter

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative genta gentan gentur genturnar
accusative gentu gentuna gentur genturnar
dative gentu gentuni gentum gentunum
genitive gentu gentunnar genta gentanna

References

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  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay genta (bell), from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā, bell). Compare Hindi घंटा (ghaṇṭā) / Urdu گَھنْٹَہ (ghanṭa) and Punjabi گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) / ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡənta/
  • Hyphenation: gên‧ta

Noun

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gênta

  1. bell
    Synonyms: bel, lonceng

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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genta f (genitive gentu)

  1. girl, lass

Declension

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Declension of genta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative genta gentan gentur genturnar
accusative gentu gentuna gentur genturnar
dative gentu gentunni gentum gentunum
genitive gentu gentunnar gentna gentnanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: genta
  • Faroese: genta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenta, gjente, jente; (dialectal) ginte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jente
  • Swedish: jänta; (dialectal) jent

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “genta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive